Eratosthenes — "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move…"
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
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Often attributed to Archimedes, but Eratosthenes also made significant contributions to mechanics and measurements of the earth, leading to similar philosophical statements about human capacity.
Date: c. 250 BCE
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