the cosmos. According to Philolaus, the central fire and cosmos are surrounded by an unlimited expanse. Three unlimited elements: time, breath, and void, were drawn in toward the central fire, where the interaction between fire and breath created the elements of earth and water. Additionally, Philolaus reasoned that separated pieces of the Central Fire may have created the heavenly bodies.

In Philolaus's system, these heavenly bodies, namely the earth and planets, revolved around a central point. This could not be called a Heliocentric