Single Idea 395

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

Full Idea

One might indeed be puzzled whether, just as the world about us exists, nothing prevents there being others as well, certainly more than one, though not an unlimited number

Gist of Idea

It seems possible that there exists a limited number of other worlds apart from this one

Source

Aristotle (On the Heavens [c.336 BCE], 274a26)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'On the Heavens I and II', ed/tr. Leggatt,Stuart [Aris and Phillips 1995], p.71