Plato's Doctrine Respecting the Rotation of the Earth and Aristotle's Comment Upon That Doctrine

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PLATO'S DOCTRINE RESPECTING THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH, AND ARISTOTLE'S COMMENT UPON THAT DOCTRINE.

BY GEORGE GROTE, ESQ.

EXAMINATION OF THE THREE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. WHETHER THE DOCTRINE OF THE EARTH'S ROTATION IS AFFIRMED OR IMPLIED IN THE PLATONIC TIMAEUS?

2. IF AFFIRMED OR IMPLIED, IN WHAT SENSE?

3. WHAT IS THE COSMICAL FUNCTION WHICH PLATO ASSIGNS TO THE EARTH IN THE TIMAEUS?

PREFACE.

PLATO ON THE EARTH'S ROTATION.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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