ARISTOTELIAN

UNIVERSE
(GEOCENTRIC
MODEL)
REPORTED BY: MATTHEW JOSHUA L. SOSITO
11-HUMSS

ARISTOTELIAN UNIVERSE
(GEOCENTRIC MODEL)
EXPLAINED
Geocentric model (also
known as Geocentrism, or
the Ptolemaic system)
Earth is stationary (not
moving) and everything is
moving around us
It is simply the belief that
the Earth is fixed at the
center of the Universe.

ARISTOTELIAN UNIVERSE
(GEOCENTRIC MODEL)
EXPLAINED
Key Ideas:
Geo = Earth
Centric = Center
Earth-centered
Earth is the center of the
solar system

ARISTOTLE
The Greek philosopher Aristotle is the
one who established the geocentric
universe, he believed that the
universe was perfect and finite, with
the Earth at the exact center of the
universe.

ARISTOTELIAN UNIVERSE
(GEOCENTRIC MODEL)
EXPLAINED
Aristotle. Incidentally, he argues in
this part of his book that
the earth is at rest in the center of
the universe,
it is spherical
it is small in comparison with the
other stars.
Geocentrists accept that the earth is
round.
Before the 16th century most people
believed in the theory of geocentrism.

ARISTOTELIAN UNIVERSE
(GEOCENTRIC MODEL)
EXPLAINED

The earth is composed of

four elements:
Earth
Water
Fire
Air

ARISTOTELIAN UNIVERSE
(GEOCENTRIC MODEL)
EXPLAINED

It is surrounded by eight
concentric spheres:
1. Moon" ("Lunae"),
2. Mercury ("Mercurii")
3. Venus ("Veneris")
4. Sun ("Solis")
5. Mars ("Martis")
6. Jupiter ("Iovis")
7. Saturn ("Saturni")
8. Fixed Stars (Ex. Gemini, Ares, etc.)