Why did the ancient Greeks believe that the Earth was the center of the universe?

为什么古希腊人坚信地球是宇宙的中心呢？

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It was so intuitive, so sensible that the Earth was the center of the universe that astronomers found ways to explain those seemingly inconsistent phenomena within the geocentric view.

天文学家们认为，“地球是宇宙的中心”这种说法是非常直观、合情合理的，以至于当他们发现与地心论不符的现象时，也会想办法找理由去解释。

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The wisdom of the day was derived from Ptolemy, an astronomer of the second century, whose elaborate system of the sky put Earth at the center of all heavenly motions.

当时的智慧来自于二世纪的天文学家托勒密，他的复杂天空体系把地球置于所有天体运动的中心。

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