Central fire cosmology

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:cosmology
gptkbp:celestialBodies gptkb:Earth
gptkb:Moon
gptkb:counter-Earth
Sun
planets
gptkbp:centralFireLocation invisible to Earth
gptkbp:contrastsWith geocentric model
heliocentric model
gptkbp:counterEarth gptkb:Antichthon
gptkbp:counterEarthRevolvesAround central fire
gptkbp:describes universe with a central fire
gptkbp:Earth inhabited only on one side
never sees the central fire
gptkbp:EarthRevolvesAround central fire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Central fire cosmology
gptkbp:influenced later cosmological thought
gptkbp:influencedBy Pythagorean philosophy
gptkbp:MoonRevolvesAround central fire
gptkbp:notableFeature Earth not at the center of the universe
central fire as source of life and energy
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Philolaus
gptkbp:originatedIn Ancient Greece
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Philolaus
5th century BCE
gptkbp:source gptkb:Aristotle's_Metaphysics
gptkb:Diogenes_Laƫrtius
gptkb:Aetius
gptkbp:state Earth and other celestial bodies revolve around a central fire
gptkbp:Sun acts as a mirror reflecting central fire's light
gptkbp:SunRevolvesAround central fire
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Philolaus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6