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He is not.
In fact he was/is a positive detrement to science.
Almost everything he posited was rubbish. It's all speculation and no observation.
He and, his mentor Plato, probably set scientific discovery back 1000 years with their emphasis on the metaphysical and spiritual.
Naturally this was swallowed-up by the great, drooling masses of the time as it was easier to believe than to explore.
Praise-be Newton, Kopernicus, et al, put an end to his foolishness.
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