True Genius.

Even today if you visit some remote parts of the country you can meet people who believe the Earth is flat, some even argue that a Giant Cow is holding the Earth on one of it’s horn and the Earth Quake is caused when the Cow is tired and switches the horn to carry the Earth on different horn.

But there was a man as long as 340 BC ago who put forward three very interesting points in his book “On the heavens” to prove Earth can not be flat. First the eclipse of the moon, the Earth’s shadow is always round on the moon and it can only be true if the Earth was round or spherical. Second, why we see sails coming over the horizons first and the ship later? And the Third, the fact that North Star appears directly above the person if the person is in the north and on the horizon to someone at equator.

This true genius of his time was known as Aristotle. Perhaps one of the greatest philosophers the recorded history has. Almost none of his hypothesis may stand true today but the fact, his ability of reasoning even back then was truly amazing.

I know most of you know all this from schools and anywhere else, but thinking over it I was just once again amazed at the ability the guy had.