Plato's Cosmology and its Ethical Dimensions
Plato's Cosmology and its Ethical Dimensions

Author: Gabriela Roxana Carone

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-10-31

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1107320739

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Although a great deal has been written on Plato's ethics, his cosmology has not received so much attention in recent times and its importance for his ethical thought has remained underexplored. By offering accounts of Timaeus, Philebus, Politicus and Laws X, the book reveals a strongly symbiotic relation between the cosmic and human sphere. It is argued that in his late period Plato presents a picture of an organic universe, endowed with structure and intrinsic value, which both urges our respect and calls for our responsible intervention. Humans are thus seen as citizens of a university that can provide a context for their flourishing even in the absence of good political institutions. The book sheds light on many intricate metaphysical issues in late Plato and brings out the close connections between his cosmology and the development of his ethics.

Plato's Cosmology
Plato's Cosmology

Author: Plato

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 9780872203860

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A reprint of the Routledge edition of 1935.

Plato's Cosmology
Plato's Cosmology

Author: Francis MacDonald Cornford

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-23

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1317830350

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This is Volume IV of ten on a series of Ancient Philosophy. Originally published in 1937, this text offers Plato's 'Timaeus' translated with a running commentary discussing each problem of interpretation.

Plato's Cosmology
Plato's Cosmology

Author: Francis MacDonald Cornford

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-23

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 1317830369

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This is Volume IV of ten on a series of Ancient Philosophy. Originally published in 1937, this text offers Plato's 'Timaeus' translated with a running commentary discussing each problem of interpretation.

Plato's Natural Philosophy
Plato's Natural Philosophy

Author: Thomas Kjeller Johansen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-07-01

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1107320119

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Plato's dialogue the Timaeus-Critias presents two connected accounts, that of the story of Atlantis and its defeat by ancient Athens and that of the creation of the cosmos by a divine craftsman. This book offers a unified reading of the dialogue. It tackles a wide range of interpretative and philosophical issues. Topics discussed include the function of the famous Atlantis story, the notion of cosmology as 'myth' and as 'likely', and the role of God in Platonic cosmology. Other areas commented upon are Plato's concepts of 'necessity' and 'teleology', the nature of the 'receptacle', the relationship between the soul and the body, the use of perception in cosmology, and the work's peculiar monologue form. The unifying theme is teleology: Plato's attempt to show the cosmos to be organised for the good. A central lesson which emerges is that the Timaeus is closer to Aristotle's physics than previously thought.

One Book, the Whole Universe
One Book, the Whole Universe

Author: Richard D. Mohr

Publisher: Parmenides Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13:

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"The most wide ranging and stimulating presentation of ancient and modern views on Plato's cosmological dialogue ever published. Highly recommended." David T. Runia, University of Melbourne --

Nature and Divinity in Plato's Timaeus
Nature and Divinity in Plato's Timaeus

Author: Sarah Broadie

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-11-10

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 1139503448

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Plato's Timaeus is one of the most influential and challenging works of ancient philosophy to have come down to us. Sarah Broadie's rich and compelling study proposes new interpretations of major elements of the Timaeus, including the separate Demiurge, the cosmic 'beginning', the 'second mixing', the Receptacle and the Atlantis story. Broadie shows how Plato deploys the mythic themes of the Timaeus to convey fundamental philosophical insights and examines the profoundly differing methods of interpretation which have been brought to bear on the work. Her book is for everyone interested in Ancient Greek philosophy, cosmology and mythology, whether classicists, philosophers, historians of ideas or historians of science. It offers new findings to scholars familiar with the material, but it is also a clear and reliable resource for anyone coming to it for the first time.