Thursday, August 24, 2017

Geocentism, Geoaxiality, Geotemporality

Perhaps Aristotle's most significant error is not Geocentrism per se, and, hence, not something that Heliocentrism per se rectifies.  Rather, it is the thesis that the Earth is immobile, and, hence, that it does not spin on its axis at a specific angle in relation to the Sun.  Consequently, he is wrong about fundamental Geotemporality, i. e. diurnal and seasonal periodicity, and, hence, about the biological implications of the latter.  The former periodicity is independent of both Geocentrism and Heliocentrism, since the spin determines the alteration of day and night regardless of which of the Sun and the Earth is orbiting the other.  However, Heliocentrism is a factor in seasonal variation, which is determined by the tilt of the Earth's axis with respect to its orbit around the Sun.

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