I do not know the reason and perhaps somebody can explain.

We very often come across the expression “...from the four corners of the world”. As far as I know, the world is round and, therefore, has no corners. Is the expression perhaps used to please those who still believe the world is flat? Perhaps some scholar can solve this problem for me.

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