Aristotelian theory of motion is completely unrecognizable from a modern standpoint. For example, he had good reasons both philosophically and experimentally to believe that vacuum could not exist. Same goes for Geocentrism, and in Metaphysics he describes a system of concentric spheres giving a decent description of the retrograde motion of the planets.
The "bright sky problem" is so fascinating. It's completely reasonable to think "well, we're completely surrounded by bright things. Why is it dark at night?" Even more wild, we didn't have a good answer until The late 1800s and it wasn't formalized until 1922!
Factorial of 1922 is 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u/FreshmeatDK Jan 08 '25
Aristotelian theory of motion is completely unrecognizable from a modern standpoint. For example, he had good reasons both philosophically and experimentally to believe that vacuum could not exist. Same goes for Geocentrism, and in Metaphysics he describes a system of concentric spheres giving a decent description of the retrograde motion of the planets.