Timaeus critias

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In Timaeus Plato attempts to describe and explain the structure of the universe: the creator god, the elements, the lower gods, the stars, and men. The companion piece, Critias, is the origin of the story of Atlantis, the lost empire defeated by ancient Athenians. This is the clearest translation yet of these crucial ancient texts.



'The god wanted everything to be good, marred by as little imperfection as possible.' Timaeus, one of Plato's acknowledged masterpieces, is an attempt to construct the universe and explain its contents by means of as few axioms as possible. The result is a brilliant, bizarre, and surreal cosmos - the product of the rational thinking of a creator god and his astral assistants, and of purely mechanistic causes based on the behaviour of the four elements. At times dazzlingly clear, at times intriguingly opaque, this was state-of-the-art science in the middle of the fourth century BC. The world is presented as a battlefield of forces that are unified only by the will of God, who had to do the best he could with recalcitrant building materials. The unfinished companion piece, Critias, is the foundational text for the story of Atlantis. It tells how a model society became corrupt, and how a lost race of Athenians defeated the aggression of the invading Atlanteans. This new edition combines the clearest translation yet of these crucial ancient texts with an illuminating introduction and diagrams. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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Timaeus & Critias

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A socratic dialogue in two parts it begins with a theoretical exposition of the cosmos and his story describing the creation of the universe from its very beginning to the coming of man it also comprises an account of the rise and fall of atlantis an empire ruled by the descendants of poseidon Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

Timaeus and Critias

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timaeus and critias are two dialogues written by plato in the 4th century bc they are part of his tetralogy of works on the nature of reality which also includes the republic and the sophist in timaeus socrates and his friends discuss the nature of the universe and the role of the gods 2 - 3 weken .. MEER INFO

Symposium

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In his celebrated masterpiece symposium plato imagines a high society dinner party in athens in 416 bc at which the guests including the comic poet aristophanes and of course plato s mentor socrates each deliver a short speech in praise of love the sequence of dazzling speeches culminates i Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 13 november 2008

Aantal pagina's: 163

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Plato

Tweede Auteur: H. Lee

Co Auteur: Andrew Gregory

Hoofduitgeverij: Oxford University Press

Eerste Vertaler: Benjamin Jowett

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 131 mm

Product hoogte: 12 mm

Product lengte: 198 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 130 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 19 mm

Verpakking lengte: 194 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 398 g

EAN: 9780192807359

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