Four theories for the origin of the Moon and Fourteen ...

For a critical evaluation of these and other ancient sources, see A. S. Riginos, Platonica: The Anecdotes concerning the Life and Writings of Plato (Brill: Leiden, 1976). The first is a particle-based account of growth (96c-d) and the second a view of the earth as a platter supported by a column of air (99b). ................
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