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

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

BY GEORGE GROTE, ESQ.

LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET, - AND CHARING CROSS.

EXAMINATION OF THE THREE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:—

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

2. IF AFFIRMED OR IMPLIED, IN WHAT SENSE?

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

PREFACE.

PLATO — ON THE EARTH’S ROTATION.