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Less a history, so far, than an opining on Greek development of a dynamic universe, transforming God as planet into God and planets. Koestler’s own thoughts are injected into the arguments he constructs. Nonetheless, I am really enjoying this read, despite some reservations
— Jan 12, 2024 11:21AM
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Koestler unleashes an epic assault upon the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle, the “twin peaks” whose demands for logic and stability would ultimately usurp any evidence in favor of a heliocentric universe, if not, at the very least, the mere existence of elliptical orbits, which defiled the sanctified spheres and perfect circles. How appropriate that conservatives today still cling to Plato and Aristotle…
— Jan 12, 2024 10:58PM
