The characteristic of ancient Greek astronomy is to seek rational and physical explanations for astronomical phenomena from the beginning.

Personally, I am convinced of this: "The characteristic of ancient Greek astronomy is to seek rational and physical explanations for astronomical phenomena from the beginning." Yes, his greatest feature is rationality, and he hopes to explain the astronomical phenomena through physics rather than gods as much as possible.

Let's make a comparison with our own civilization and ancient astronomy in China. First of all, our models of the universe, such as Huntian theory, Gaitian theory and Michelle Ye theory, are all relatively general, and there are few accurate quantitative calculations, and more are linked to philosophy. In contrast, the model of ancient Greek astronomy is based on mathematics and physics for reasoning and improvement. Another example is astronomical phenomena. Our ancestors paid attention to the unity of heaven and man and induction. The brightness of the stars in the sky is God's judgment on Wang Jun Kevin·Z. If there is anything unusual in the post, it is due to personnel. The ancient Greek astronomy hopes to make up for these errors by revising the theoretical model (because it is determined by quantitative calculation, it has the basis and feasibility of revision).

Personally, I also have a certain understanding of astronomy in Arab and Mayan civilizations. Although astronomy in these civilizations has also made great achievements, it is close to China culture to some extent. Arabic astronomy, in particular, originated in Greece and is higher than Greece. However, the important reason for its glory is the need of kings (astrology), so it also stagnated in the later period (of course, there are also reasons for social unrest). In contrast, ancient Greek astronomy is really unique in reason.