Is the Universe spherical or rectangular? Cosmas Indicopleustes and his cosmographical interpretation
Is the Universe spherical or rectangular? Cosmas Indicopleustes and his cosmographical interpretation
Author(s): Mihaela PopSubject(s): Cultural history, History of ideas, Ancient World, Philosophy of Science, Biblical studies, Hermeneutics
Published by: Centrul de Istorie Comparată a Societăților Antice
Keywords: symbolic forms of the universe and the world; allegorical hermeneutics of the Bible;
Summary/Abstract: This paper aims at unveiling why and how was possible, during the 6th century AD that the Greek ancient spherical vision of the universe could have been replaced for a while by a cubic/rectangular vision. We will refer to Cosmas Indicopleustes’ work Christian Topography which was written by 550-552 AD. Our paper has two parts: a first one shortly refers to the spherical form of the universe theorized by the ancient Greek philosophers and a second part, more extended, is centred on Cosmas’ theory of the rectangular/cubic form of the universe. Cosmas Indicopleustes’ work is Christian Topography and it was written by 550-552 AD.
Journal: Revista CICSA online, Serie Nouă
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: VIII
- Page Range: 138-146
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English