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Single Idea 14036

[filed under theme 27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 10. Multiverse ]

Full Idea

There is an unlimited number of cosmoi, and some are similar to this one and some are dissimilar.

Gist of Idea

There are endless cosmoi, some like and some unlike this one

Source

Epicurus (Letter to Herodotus [c.293 BCE], 45)

Book Ref

Epicurus: 'The Epicurus Reader', ed/tr. Inwood,B. /Gerson,L. [Hackett 1994], p.8

Related Idea

Idea 14051 A cosmos is a collection of stars and an earth, with some sort of boundary, movement and shape [Epicurus]

The 4 ideas with the same theme [there exists a vast multitude of varied universes]:

395 It seems possible that there exists a limited number of other worlds apart from this one [Aristotle]
14036 There are endless cosmoi, some like and some unlike this one [Epicurus]
21111 It seems likely that cosmic inflation is eternal, and this would make a multiverse inevitable [Krauss]
22946 The multiverse is distinct time-series, as well as spaces [Le Poidevin]