Philolaus
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Philolaus was a 5th-century BCE Pythagorean philosopher known for proposing a cosmological system in which a "central fire" rather than Earth occupied the center of the universe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philolaus canonical | 3 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Presocratic philosopher
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Pythagorean philosopher ⓘ ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ cosmologist ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pythagorean communities in Magna Graecia
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Tarentum ⓘ Thebes ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Croton
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Magna Graecia ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| cosmicBodies |
Counter-Earth
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Earth ⓘ Moon ⓘ Sun ⓘ central fire ⓘ fixed stars ⓘ planets ⓘ |
| cosmologicalCenter | central fire ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Aristotle's writings
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Plato's dialogues (indirectly) ⓘ |
| educatedIn | Pythagoreanism ⓘ |
| era | Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cosmology
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mathematical theory ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| floruit | c. 470 BCE – c. 385 BCE ⓘ |
| heldView |
harmony arises from limit and unlimited
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reality structured by numerical ratios ⓘ soul related to numerical harmony ⓘ |
| influenced |
Aristotle
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Hellenistic astronomy ⓘ Plato ⓘ later cosmological theories ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Pythagoras
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Pythagoreanism ⓘ
surface form:
Pythagorean tradition
|
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Pythagoreanism
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surface form:
Pythagorean school
|
| notableFor |
central fire cosmology
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doctrine of limit and unlimited ⓘ early heliocentric-like model ⓘ linking mathematics and cosmology ⓘ |
| proposed |
Earth orbits the central fire
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cosmos ordered according to number ⓘ existence of a Counter-Earth ⓘ ten heavenly bodies for cosmic harmony ⓘ universe centered on a central fire ⓘ |
| viewOfEarth |
Earth is a moving body
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Earth is not the center of the universe ⓘ |
| workStatus | fragments survive ⓘ |
| wrote | On Nature ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.