Episode 46: How Long Has The Idea of Extraterrestrial Beings Existed

The main sources we used for this one are: 

Michael J. Crowe. 1986. The Extraterrestrial Life Debate, 1750 to 1900. 

Michael J. Crowe. 2008. The Extraterrestrial Life Debate: Antiquity to 1915: A Source Book. 

Steven J. Dick. 1982. Plurality of Worlds: The Origins of the Extraterrestrial Life Debate from Democritus to Kant.

Dildar Ahmed, 2006. The Qur'an and the Aliens. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dildar_Ahmed/publication/283811987_The_Qur'an_and_the_Aliens/links/5647f6ef08ae9f9c13e97444/The-Quran-and-the-Aliens.pdf 

If you want to read Lucien's very fun A True Story, then it's here (in parallel with the Greek) https://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/luc/true/tru01.htm 

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