Timaeus And Critias

Author : Plato
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780141920498

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Timaeus and Critias by Plato Pdf

Timaeus and Critias is a Socratic dialogue in two parts. A response to an account of an ideal state told by Socrates, it begins with Timaeus’s theoretical exposition of the cosmos and his story describing the creation of the universe, from its very beginning to the coming of man. Timaeus introduces the idea of a creator God and speculates on the structure and composition of the physical world. Critias, the second part of Plato’s dialogue, comprises an account of the rise and fall of Atlantis, an ancient, mighty and prosperous empire ruled by the descendents of Poseidon, which ultimately sank into the sea.

Author : A E Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781136234699

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Plato: Timaeus and Critias (RLE: Plato) by A E Taylor Pdf

Plato’s Timaeus was his only cosmological dialogue and for almost thirteen hundred years it provided the basis in the West for educated people’s general view of the natural world. The author provides a translation of this important work, together with the Critias – the source of the legendary tale of Atlantis. He has taken particular care to provide an accurate rendering of Plato’s words and to avoid putting his own or any other interpretation on the works.

Author : Thomas Kjeller Johansen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004-07-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107320116

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Plato's Natural Philosophy by Thomas Kjeller Johansen Pdf

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.

Author : Gijsbert Jonkers
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004335202

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The Textual Tradition of Plato's Timaeus and Critias by Gijsbert Jonkers Pdf

In The Textual Tradition of Plato's Timaeus and Critias, Gijsbert Jonkers presents a new examination of the medieval manuscripts of both Platonic dialogues, an overview of the ancient tradition and a vast collection of ancient testimonia.

Author : Plato
Publisher : 1st World Publishing
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1929
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781421892948

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Timaeus and Critias by Plato Pdf

Author : Sarah Broadie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139503440

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Nature and Divinity in Plato's Timaeus by Sarah Broadie Pdf

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.

Author : Plato
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Atlantis (Legendary place)
ISBN : UOM:39015046375500

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Plato, the Atlantis story by Plato Pdf

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Author : Plato
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786940162

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Critias by Plato Pdf

Originally published in 1980; Greek text retained from earlier edition, commentary updated, with new English translation and introduction.

Author : Gabriele Cornelli
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110445602

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Plato’s Styles and Characters by Gabriele Cornelli Pdf

The significance of Plato’s literary style to the content of his ideas is perhaps one of the central problems in the study of Plato and Ancient Philosophy as a whole. As Samuel Scolnicov points out in this collection, many other philosophers have employed literary techniques to express their ideas, just as many literary authors have exemplified philosophical ideas in their narratives, but for no other philosopher does the mode of expression play such a vital role in their thought as it does for Plato. And yet, even after two thousand years there is still no consensus about why Plato expresses his ideas in this distinctive style. Selected from the first Latin American Area meeting of the International Plato Society (www.platosociety.org) in Brazil in 2012, the following collection of essays presents some of the most recent scholarship from around the world on the wide range of issues related to Plato’s dialogue form. The essays can be divided into three categories. The first addresses general questions concerning Plato’s literary style. The second concerns the relation of his style to other genres and traditions in Ancient Greece. And the third examines Plato’s characters and his purpose in using them.

Author : Russell E. Gmirkin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000578423

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Plato’s Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts by Russell E. Gmirkin Pdf

Plato’s Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts argues that the creation of the world in Genesis 1 and the story of the first humans in Genesis 2-3 both draw directly on Plato’s famous account of the origins of the universe, mortal life and evil containing equal parts science, theology and myth. This book is the first to systematically compare biblical, Ancient Near Eastern and Greek creation accounts and to show that Genesis 1-3 is heavily indebted to Plato’s Timaeus and other cosmogonies by Greek natural philosophers. It argues that the idea of a monotheistic cosmic god was first introduced in Genesis 1 under the influence of Plato’s philosophy, and that this cosmic Creator was originally distinct from the lesser terrestrial gods, including Yahweh, who appear elsewhere in Genesis. It shows the use of Plato’s Critias, the sequel to Timaeus, in the stories about the Garden of Eden, the intermarriage of "the sons of God" and the daughters of men, and the biblical flood. This book confirms the late date and Hellenistic background of Genesis 1-11, drawing on Plato’s writings and other Greek sources found at the Great Library of Alexandria. This study provides a fascinating approach to Genesis that will interest students and scholars in both biblical and classical studies, philosophy and creation narratives. .

Author : Welliver
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004320536

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Character, plot and thought in Plato's Timaeus and Critias by Welliver Pdf

Author : Christina Hoenig
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108415804

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Plato's Timaeus and the Latin Tradition by Christina Hoenig Pdf

The book explores the development of Platonic philosophy by Roman writers between the first century BCE and the early fifth century CE. Discusses the interpretation of Plato's Timaeus by Cicero, Apuleius, Calcidius, and Augustine, and examines how they contributed to the construction of the complex and multifaceted genre of Roman Platonism.

Author : Plato
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HWIU1C

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Republic. Timaeus. Critias by Plato Pdf

Author : Plato
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781625581273

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Timaeus and Critias by Plato Pdf

Often considered obscure and repulsive by modern readers, Plato's Timaeus is presented along with a detailed and well-thought 215 page introduction and analysis, which discusses contemporary applications and interest in Timeaeus, insights on Plato as derived from the work, its profound impact on the ancient and medieval world, and long-standing issues with interpretation, among many other philosophical points of interest.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004504691

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Time and Cosmology in Plato and the Platonic Tradition by Anonim Pdf

This book assembles an international team of scholars to move forward the study of Plato’s conception of time, to find fresh insights for interpreting his cosmology, and to reimagine the Platonic tradition.