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Sacred Texts: The Classics

Aristotle: On The Hevens: Book II: Chapter 4

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The shape of the heaven is of necessity spherical; for that is the shape most appropriate to its substance and also by nature primary. First, let us consider generally which shape is primary among planes and solids alike. Every plane figure must be either rectilinear or curvilinear.

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