You Could Not Step Twice into the Same River
You could not step twice into the same river.
from Cratylus (dialogue) by Plato
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from Cratylus (dialogue) by Plato
Everything flows and nothing stays.
from Cratylus (dialogue) by Plato
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
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
Source: The Truman Show
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
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
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
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
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
Also sprach Zarathustra is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical 1883–1885 novel Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Strauss conducted its first performance on 27 November 1896 in Frankfurt. A typical performance lasts roughly...
Source: Also Sprach Zarathustra
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 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
We'll watch the world from above, as it turns to the rhythm of love
Source: Rhythm Of Love by Plain White T’s
This world keeps spinning and there's no time to waste - Well it all keeps spinning, spinning, round and round and upside down
Source: Upside Down by Jack Johnson
Who's to say, what's impossible? Well they forgot, this world keeps spinning
Source: Upside Down by Jack Johnson
I look at the world, and I notice it's turning - While my guitar gently weeps
Source: While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles
There's no beginning and there is no end
Source: Genius of Love by Tom Tom Club
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
Source: Lightning Crashes by Live
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 - Back and forth in time - Always looking for the new sensation - Bigger and better every time
Source: The Next Big Thing by Jesus Jones
From farmers in the fields - To the tallest of the towers that fall and rise
Source: America by Imagine Dragons
There's a problem, feathers, iron - Bargain buildings, weights and pulleys - Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air
Source: Fall On Me by R.E.M.
The world is spinning, turning day to night - And my thoughts are running at the speed of light
Source: Absolutely Still by Better Than Ezra
World goes round, life goes on and on and on - You say it's over, but the world keeps turnin' 'round
Source: Way of the World by Cheap Trick
We are a rock revolving around a golden sun
Source: Saltwater by Julian Lennon
Before the earth was round, there was no end to things - And no one tried to measure what they knew
Source: Before the Earth Was Round by OK Go
It was always burning, since the world’s been turning
Source: We Didn’t Start the Fire by Billy Joel
Going down, going down, round and round - All around, all around, all around
Source: Quit Waking Me Up by Cheap Trick
Making the earth whirl softly - Love makes the world go 'round
Source: Love Makes the World Go Round (Everly Brothers) by The Everly Brothers
Nothin' comes from talkers but sound - We can talk all we want to, but the world still goes around and round
Source: Round and Round (Tevin Campbell) by Tevin Campbell
Again and again and again and again and again...
Source: Livin’ On The Edge by Aerosmith
Doesn't anybody ever know? That the world's a subway, subway
Source: Superman’s Dead by Our Lady Peace
Now, she's gone round and round inside of my head - I think I'm just a little too close to the edge
Source: Walk Around the Moon by Dave Matthews Band
And the world keeps spinning 'round - But my world's upside down, and I wouldn't change a thing
Source: Sick Cycle Carousel by Lifehouse
Summer, it turns me upside down - Summer, summer, summer - It's like a merry-go-round
Source: Magic (The Cars) by The Cars
Round and round it goes and oh, don't you know, oh, this is the game that we came here for
Source: Round and Round (Spandau Ballet) by Spandau Ballet
What goes up must come down - What goes 'round must come 'round - What's been lost must be found
Source: What Goes Up by Alan Parsons
So, 'round and around and around we go - Where the world's headed, nobody knows
Source: Ball of Confusion by The Temptations
Round and round and round and round and round we go
Source: Round and Round (The Cure) by The Cure
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
Source: Round and Round (Aerosmith) by Aerosmith
Round and round and round and round we go - Where we're gonna stop nobody knows
Source: Round and Round (3 Doors Down) by 3 Doors Down
We all make the world go 'round Together, all of us We all make the world go 'round And 'round and 'round
Source: World Go Round by Ringo Starr
Crooked wheels keep turning - Children, are you learning?
Source: This Is Your Life by The Killers
Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky
Source: Learning to Fly (Pink Floyd) by Pink Floyd
Ooh, the wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'
Source: Wheel in the Sky by Journey
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
Source: The Scientist by Coldplay
Circle in the sand - Round and round - Never ending love is what we've found
Source: Circle In The Sand by Belinda Carlisle
I saw the world spin beneath you
Source: Black Balloon by Goo Goo Dolls
That's the power - Makes the world go 'round
Source: The Power of Love by Huey Lewis & The News
Is it love that makes your world go 'round and 'round?
Source: Is It Love? by Bette Midler
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
Source: The Globe by Big Audio Dynamite
I feel the earth move under my feet
Source: I Feel the Earth Move by Carole King
Can't keep my mind from the circling sky Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Source: Learning to Fly (Pink Floyd) by Pink Floyd
If you go straight long enough you'll end up where you were.
Source: 3rd Planet by Modest Mouse
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
Source: Patience by Nas & Damian Marley
The universe works on a math equation that never even ever really ends in the end - Infinity spirals out creation
Source: Never Ending Math Equation by Modest Mouse
He looks around, around, he sees angels in the architecture - Spinning in infinity - He says Amen! and Hallelujah!
Source: You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon
Why don't you guide me in if I'm such a lost soul? I'm spinning around
Source: Revelations by Audioslave
Up and down, and in the end it's only round and round
Source: Us and Them by Pink Floyd
It's lost and can't be found, It's spinning round and round - Slow it down
Source: Falling Away from Me by Korn
I'd like to make myself believe, that planet Earth turns slowly
Oh you, you keep me hangin' - 'round and 'round and 'round and 'round
Source: From the End of the World by Electric Light Orchestra
The world’s still spinning ’round we don’t know why
Source: Champagne Supernova by Oasis
We'd better think about the games we play - The world went round, around and round
Source: Time Is Ticking Out by The Cranberries
Cause Everything Is Never As It Seems…
With a wave of his hand, he had made the Earth a planet and set it spinning.
My Head Is Stuck in the Clouds
They had to imagine the sun as something that does not move in relation to the earth and the earth even as something moving.
The Eyes in His Head See the World Spinning Round
Day after day, alone on a hill, the man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still.
Watching the Wheels Go Round and Round
No longer riding on the merry-go-round. I just had to let it go.
We Go Round and Round and Round…
Is the truth really there? Or is it right under our hair? For all we know it’s been there all the time.
We Are Afflicted by Fiction
I wander through fiction to look for the truth, buried beneath all the lies.
I Wanna Turn the Whole Thing Upside Down
Who’s to say what’s impossible? Well they forgot, this world keeps spinning.