[Avodah] Geocentrism

[Zev Sero]

On 24/07/2013 4:03 PM, Micha Berger wrote:

> But the error I was trying to disabuse people of was that RMMS didn't
> deny heliocentrism. He was defending Chazal's saying that the sun, moon,
> planets and stars go around the earth. It wasn't an error.
>
> I don't believe Chazal knew more astronomy than their contemporaries
> did. But I also don't believe in misconstruing RMMS in a way that causes
> people to underestimate his subtlety of thought.

He was actually championing the Rambam's Ptolemaic view, not Chazal's.



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