Eratosthenes — "The Earth is not the center of everything, but it is a significant part of the c…"
The Earth is not the center of everything, but it is a significant part of the cosmos.
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While he held a geocentric view, he might have pondered alternative models given the intellectual climate.
Date: c. 250 BCE
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