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Against the Geography of Eratosthenes

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  • In Hipparchus: Lover of truth

    Apparently his commentary Against the Geography of Eratosthenes was similarly unforgiving of loose and inconsistent reasoning. Ptolemy characterized him as a “lover of truth” (philalēthēs)—a trait that was more amiably manifested in Hipparchus’s readiness to revise his own beliefs in the light of new evidence. He communicated with…

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