Yes, Voltaire supported the heliocentric view of the universe proposed by Copernicus. He wrote about it in his work "Elements of Newton's Philosophy" where he praised the advancements made by Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton in understanding the cosmos.
He was to wise
He believed in a heliocentric universe, or a universe where all of the planets revolve around the sun.
Nicolaus Copernicus showed that our universe is heliocentric.
No, Plato did not believe in the heliocentric theory. Plato believed in a geocentric view of the universe, where the Earth was at the center and all celestial bodies orbited around it.
I believe that was Aristotle. This would be a geocentric universe. Galileo however, knew the universe was heliocentric and was persecuted for it.
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The heliocentric theory is the theory that the sun is the center of the universe, not the earth.
The geocentric universe was proposed by Ptolemy and focuses the Earth in the center of the universe. The heliocentric universe was proposed by Nicolas Copernicus and focuses the Sun as the center of the universe. However, both have been proved wrong.
No. Only the solar system is.
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