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Aristotle在天文学上的贡献并不大,他否认毕达哥拉斯的太阳中心说,拥抱地球中心说。He rejects the view of Pythagoras that the sun is the center of our system; he prefers to give that honor to the earth.
亚里士多德坚持地心说,极大地帮助了早期基督教地建立与发展。
但Aristotle在气象学meteorology的研究上点燃了火光strike illuminating fire:太阳蒸发海水,晒干河流和溪泉,最终将海水转换成干枯的岩石。同时,上升的超期聚集成云落下来有重新形成河流和海水
new continents and new oceans rise, old oceans and old continents disappear. 回文结构(上海自来水来自海上)
“实践万物变种再变,吐纳之间此消彼长”
civilization has repeatedly neared its zenith only to fall back into barbarism and begin da capo its upward travail. ---> external recurrence 永世的轮回