HoP 041 - Richard Sorabji on Time and Eternity in Aristotle
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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The Mistakes of a Great Philosopher Are Not Dubious Mistaken
Aristotle seems to think that the cosmos is finite spatially, but not temporally. He thinks it's a sphere that the heavens end with an outermost sphere we live in at its centre. Why does he treat space differently then? 'He knows of it, but he doesn't use it,' says Lord St James' Day.
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