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Plato's natural philosophy : = a study of the Timaeus-Critias /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Plato's natural philosophy :/ Thomas Kjeller Johansen.
Reminder of title:	a study of the Timaeus-Critias /
Author:	Johansen, T. K.,
Description:	1 online resource (vi, 218 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Cosmology. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511518478
ISBN:	9780511518478 (ebook)

Plato's natural philosophy : = a study of the Timaeus-Critias /
Johansen, T. K.,

Plato's natural philosophy :a study of the Timaeus-Critias /Thomas Kjeller Johansen. - 1 online resource (vi, 218 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction : Plato's tales of teleology -- What is the Timaeus-Critias about? -- The status of the Atlantis story -- The status of Timaeus' account -- Teleology and craftsmanship -- Necessity and teleology -- Space and motion -- Body, soul, and tripartition -- Perception and cosmology -- Dialogue and dialectic.

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.

ISBN: 9780511518478 (ebook)Subjects--Personal Names:

576192
Plato.
Subjects--Topical Terms:

579761
Cosmology.

LC Class. No.: B387 / .J64 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 184

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