Vilhjalmur Stefansson Zitate

The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat.

Vilhjalmur Stefansson

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Die Philosophen des Mittelalters zeigten sowohl, dass die Erde nicht existierte, als auch, dass sie flach war. Heute streiten sie sich immer noch darüber, ob die Welt existiert, aber sie streiten nicht mehr darüber, ob sie flach ist.

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