Plato - Timaeus

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Author: Plato

Genres: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), *Non-fiction, Philosophy,

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01 - Introduction and Analysis: opening remarks02 - Introduction and Analysis: Section 1, part 103 - Introduction and Analysis: Section 1, part 204 - Introduction and Analysis: Section 1, part 305 - Introduction and Analysis: Section 206 - Introduction and Analysis: Section 307 - Introduction and Analysis: Section 408 - Introduction and Analysis: Section 509 - Introduction and Analysis: Section 610 - Introduction and Analysis: Section 711 - Introduction and Analysis: Section 8, part 112 - Introduction and Analysis: Section 8, part 213 - Timaeus: part 114 - Timaeus: part 215 - Timaeus: part 316 - Timaeus: part 417 - Timaeus: part 518 - Timaeus: part 619 - Timaeus: part 720 - Timaeus: part 8

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"Our intention is, that Timaeus, who is the most of an astronomer amongst us, and has made the nature of the universe his special study, should speak first, beginning with the generation of the world and going down to the creation of man..."

'Timaeus' is usually regarded as one of Plato's later dialogues, and provides an account of the creation of the universe, with physical, metaphysical and ethical dimensions, which had great influence over philosophers for centuries following. It attributes the order and beauty of the universe to a benevolent demiurge - a 'craftsman' or god - fashioning the physical world after the pattern of an ideal, eternal one.

The dramatic setting of the dialogue is the day after a discussion in which Socrates has described his ideal state - as in the 'Republic'. A conversation between Socrates, Critias, Hermocrates and Timaeus, including Critias' account of Solon's journey to Egypt (where he hears the story of Atlantis), soon gives way to the monologue by Timaeus that forms the bulk of the work.

'Timaeus' is translated by Benjamin Jowett and his comprehensive introduction to and analysis of the work precedes the text itself, which he describes as "the growth of an age in which philosophy is not wholly separated from poetry and mythology".

(Summary by Philippa)