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Eratosthenes measures the Earth from two shadows. Aristarchus proposes heliocentrism, and it is not adopted for eighteen hundred years.
In plain words
Eratosthenes measures the Earth from two shadows; Aristarchus puts the Sun at the centre, and the idea is not adopted for eighteen hundred years. The seat of authority starts to move toward reason, and being right turns out not to be enough.
The mechanism
THE SEAT BEGINS TO MOVE — from the king is a god toward reason says, trading the crown for the coat of demonstration; and being right turns out not to be sufficient
How it was checked
- EvidenceT5 INDEPENDENT SECULAR; Status: COMMITTED; a capture
- Letter eraTHE PROPHETS AND THE ROAD 776 BC to 4 BC
- Plate — Byzantine manuscript copy of Aristarchus's geometric text, Vatican Library, MS Vat. gr. 204 · Public domain · source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aristarchus_working.jpg
- SourcesSECULAR RECORD
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