Aristotle
Though many accepted the geocentric model of the universe, it was designed by the famous astronomer Ptolemy.
It feels that way. You can not feel the Earth moving.
They believed in a heliocentric universe. This meaning that the earth was not the center of the universe, but that the sun was. However, many people , including the church, did not agree with this theory. Instead they believed in a geocentric universe. Plato and Aristotle believed in this theory.
Before the heliocentric model of the solar system, people believed that the Earth was at the center of the universe. This geocentric model was commonly accepted in ancient times and throughout the Middle Ages.
Basically everyone, until just a few centuries ago.
No--he believed that the sun was the center of the universe.
No--he believed that the sun was the center of the universe.
No--he believed that the sun was the center of the universe.
Pythagoras
they believed that the earth was the center.
He believed that the earth was the center of the universe.
Geocentric -- ie, the Earth is at its center.
Though many accepted the geocentric model of the universe, it was designed by the famous astronomer Ptolemy.
It feels that way. You can not feel the Earth moving.
They believed in a heliocentric universe. This meaning that the earth was not the center of the universe, but that the sun was. However, many people , including the church, did not agree with this theory. Instead they believed in a geocentric universe. Plato and Aristotle believed in this theory.
The Earth!
Yes, for close to 1,400 years everyone believed the Earth was the center of the universe. It was not till 1543 that a man named Copernicus created a model with the sun as the center of the universe. The Catholic Church clung to the idea of the Earth as the center of the universe for over 90 years.