“The Earth is cylindrical, three times as wide as it is deep, and only the upper part is inhabited. But this Earth is isolated in space, and the sky is a complete sphere in the center of which is located, unsupported, our cylinder, the Earth, situated at an equal distance from all the points of the sky.”

— Anaximander

As quoted in "Science Attests the Accuracy of the Bible" in The Watchtower (1 October 1980)

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pre-Socratic Greek philosopher -610–-547 BC

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