Definition of "geocentrism" (informal) The misbelief that the sun revolves around the Earth . quotations examples
Quotations The most famous major challenge was the modern rejection of geocentrism and its acceptance of heliocentrism : that is , the rejection of the view that the sun , planets , and stars all revolve around the earth in favor of the view that the earth and planets revolve around the sun . You can understand why the ancients might have been drawn to geocentrism : it does rather look as if the heavens revolve around the earth , after all , as the sun moves from east to west during the day and then pops up again the next morning in the east .
2009 June 1, Andrew Pessin, The God Question: What Famous Thinkers from Plato to Dawkins Have Said About the Divine, Oxford: Oneworld Publications, section III, page 109