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Quotation from On the Heavens by Aristotle
“In all this they are not seeking for theories and causes to account for observed facts, but rather forcing their observations and trying to accommodate them to certain theories and opinions of their own”
On the Heavens, Book II, Part 13, trans. J. L. Stocks (1922)
Aristotle's verdict on the Pythagorean central fire and counter-earth, a methodological principle later turned against his own geocentrism.
Citation: "In all this they are not seeking for theories and causes to account for observed facts, but rather forcing their observations and trying to accommodate them to certain theories and opinions of their own" — Aristotle, On the Heavens, Book II, Part 13, trans. J. L. Stocks (1922). (id aristotle-on-the-heavens-q5)
