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You Could Not Step Twice into the Same River

You could not step twice into the same river.

from Cratylus (dialogue) by Plato

Everything Flows and Nothing Stays

Everything flows and nothing stays.

from Cratylus (dialogue) by Plato

📖 Excerpts Library

The Heavens Were the Realm of Perfection

These loopy planetary orbits were hugely problematic for the ancient Greeks, because all the orbits were supposed to be circular according to Plato and his pupil Aristotle. They declared that the circle, with its simplicity, beauty and lack of beginning...

Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh

A Radical Change to Astronomy and Cosmology

The years when Jesuits established their first schools coincided with the beginning of the so-called scientific revolution and the origin of modern science. In 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus had published his book, De revolutionibus orbium celestium, in which he proposed the...

Source: Jesuit Contribution to Science by Agustín Udías

You Can’t Get Any Further Away Before You Start Coming Back

You can't get any further away before you start coming back

Source: The Truman Show

It Is Probably a Sphere

Before any celestial distances or sizes could be calculated, the ancient Greeks first had to establish that the Earth is a sphere. This view gained acceptance in ancient Greece as philosophers became familiar with the notion that ships gradually disappear...

Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh

Earth Had to Be a Sphere

It is not so much that certain educated men had not already theorized that Earth was round, but that with the return of the first ship Victoria the expedition’s wealthy financial backers had visual evidence that ships could circumnavigate the...

Source: JFK by L. Fletcher Prouty

All of a Sudden, Proved to Be a Sphere

The first of these schemes derives from the fact that the generally accepted "flat earth" was, all of a sudden, proved to be a sphere by the voyage of Magellan's ships around the world.

Source: JFK by L. Fletcher Prouty

He Believed That the Moon and Stars Were Nothing More than Holes in the Firmament

Anaximander of Miletus argued that the Sun was a hole in a fire-filled ring that encircled the Earth and revolved around it. Similarly, he believed that the Moon and stars were nothing more than holes in the firmament, revealing otherwise...

Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh

Concept of the Earth Revolving—Axially and Orbitally—Around the Sun

The term [revolution] derives from the Latin substantive revolutio, which was unknown in classical Latin but was used in the early Middle Ages by St. Augustine and other Christian writers. Translated into Italian as rivoluzione in the early Renaissance and...

Source: Fire in the Minds of Men by James H. Billington

Being a Sphere, It Therefore Had to Be a Finite Object

Being a sphere, it therefore had to be a finite object, with a finite—that is, limited—surface area. With this awakening the ideas of world trade and related colonial proprietary rights were born.

Source: JFK by L. Fletcher Prouty

The Science of the Spheres and Heavens

The Square is a right angle, formed by two right lines. It is adapted only to a plane surface, and belongs only to geometry, earth-measurement, that trigonometry which deals only with planes, and with the earth, which the ancients supposed...

Source: Morals and Dogma by Albert Pike

🎼 Song Excerpts

We’ll Watch the World from Above

We'll watch the world from above, as it turns to the rhythm of love

It All Keeps Spinning, Spinning, Round and Round…

This world keeps spinning and there's no time to waste - Well it all keeps spinning, spinning, round and round and upside down

This World Keeps Spinning

Who's to say, what's impossible? Well they forgot, this world keeps spinning

I Look at the World, and I Notice It’s Turning

I look at the world, and I notice it's turning - While my guitar gently weeps

There’s No Beginning and There Is No End

There's no beginning and there is no end

Forces Pulling from the Center of the Earth Again

I can feel it, coming back again – Like a rolling, thunder chasing the wind – Forces pulling from the center of the earth again – I can feel it

Can You Feel It? Now It’s Coming Back

Can you feel it? Now it's coming back We can steal it, if we bridge this gap

Round and Round the World We Go

Round and round the world we go - Back and forth in time - Always looking for the new sensation - Bigger and better every time

To the Tallest of the Towers That Fall and Rise

From farmers in the fields - To the tallest of the towers that fall and rise

Feathers Hit the Ground Before the Weight Can Leave the Air

There's a problem, feathers, iron - Bargain buildings, weights and pulleys - Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air

The World Is Spinning, Turning Day to Night

The world is spinning, turning day to night - And my thoughts are running at the speed of light

But the World Keeps Turnin’ ’Round

World goes round, life goes on and on and on - You say it's over, but the world keeps turnin' 'round

That’s How the Story Goes

That's how the story goes

We Are a Rock Revolving Around a Golden Sun

We are a rock revolving around a golden sun

Before the Earth Was Round, There Was No End to Things

Before the earth was round, there was no end to things - And no one tried to measure what they knew

It Was Always Burning, Since the World’s Been Turning

It was always burning, since the world’s been turning

All Around, All Around, All Around

Going down, going down, round and round - All around, all around, all around

Making the Earth Whirl Softly

Making the earth whirl softly - Love makes the world go 'round

But the World Still Goes Around and Round

Nothin' comes from talkers but sound - We can talk all we want to, but the world still goes around and round

Again and Again and Again and Again and Again…

Again and again and again and again and again...

And the Beat Goes On

And the beat goes on

The World’s a Subway, Subway

Doesn't anybody ever know? That the world's a subway, subway

I Think I’m Just a Little Too Close to the Edge

Now, she's gone round and round inside of my head - I think I'm just a little too close to the edge

And the World Keeps Spinning ’Round

And the world keeps spinning 'round - But my world's upside down, and I wouldn't change a thing

It’s like a Merry-Go-Round

Summer, it turns me upside down - Summer, summer, summer - It's like a merry-go-round

This Is the Game That We Came Here For

Round and round it goes and oh, don't you know, oh, this is the game that we came here for

What’s Been Lost Must Be Found

What goes up must come down - What goes 'round must come 'round - What's been lost must be found

Where the World’s Headed, Nobody Knows

So, 'round and around and around we go - Where the world's headed, nobody knows

Round and Round and Round and Round and Round We Go

Round and round and round and round and round we go

Set You Spinnin’ with You Feet Never Touchin’ the Ground

Would be sure to set you spinnin' with you feet never touchin' the ground - And I'm round and round and round and round and round and round and round

Where We’re Gonna Stop Nobody Knows

Round and round and round and round we go - Where we're gonna stop nobody knows

We All Make the World Go ’Round

We all make the world go 'round Together, all of us We all make the world go 'round And 'round and 'round

Children, Are You Learning?

Crooked wheels keep turning - Children, are you learning?

Can’t Keep My Eyes From the Circling Sky

Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky

The Wheel in the Sky Keeps On Turnin’

Ooh, the wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'

Tell Me Your Secrets and Ask Me Your Questions

Tell me your secrets, and ask me your questions - Oh, let's go back to the start - Running in circles, coming up tails - Heads on a science apart

Never Ending Love Is What We’ve Found

Circle in the sand - Round and round - Never ending love is what we've found

I Saw the World Spin Beneath You

I saw the world spin beneath you

That’s the Power–Makes the World Go ’Round

That's the power - Makes the world go 'round

Is It Love That Makes Your World Go ’Round and ’Round?

Is it love that makes your world go 'round and 'round?

Axis Spins So Round and Round We Go

Axis spins so round and round we go Where we're going no one really knows Here we, here we, here we, here we go Feel the fire way down below

I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet

I feel the earth move under my feet

Can’t Keep My Mind From the Circling Sky

Can't keep my mind from the circling sky Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I

If You Go Straight Long Enough You’ll End Up Where You Were

If you go straight long enough you'll end up where you were.

Research and Find Out the Root of the Truth That You Seek Of

The Earth was flat, if you went too far, you would fall off - Now the Earth is round, if the shape change again, everybody woulda start laugh - The average man can't prove of most of the things that he chooses to speak of - And still won't research and find out the root of the truth that you seek of