Just to come the defense of Aristotle for a moment....

Yes, his cosmology was completely wrong. 

But get it: he is the father of reason. He is the father of 'this worldliness' as opposed to superstition/supernatural. The entire basis of rationality and objective reality rests in Aristotle. He was exiled from Athens because it was becoming more and more religious and he made the claim "prayer does not work."

It sucks big time that he is identified with a wrong cosmology at the dawn of brains, instead of identified and respected as the progenitor of the sine qua non of science: reason.

Why did it take so long for Aristotle's cosmology to be overcome? Not because of Aristotle or any other rational. Only because of superstition and religion, which is Platonic. If Aristotle had the advantage of even just the telescope, you would have had to jump pretty fast to get out of the way as he raced passed everyone to throw out his musing on the Earth as the center on his way to finding the truth. He'd be past us all like lightening.

So kawecki I know you intended your statement that Einstein is the Aristotle of the 20th century to be an insult. However, your unintended consequence is to praise with the highest praise.

And Miss Nancy can you explain how errrors in Aristotle's thinking caused the horrors of the Dark/Middle ages? It was only the resurgence of Aristotle from 1200 on that pulled the West out of that superstitious mess.

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