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REASON AND NECESSITY
ESSAYS ON PLATO'S "TIMAEUS" |
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M. R. Wright (Editor), Andrew Barker, etc. |
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Hardback |
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£56.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0715630571 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780715630570 |
| Publisher: |
CLASSICAL PRESS OF WALES |
| Pub. date: |
1 December, 2000 |
| Pages: |
191 |
| Description: |
Plato's "Timaeus" contains a myth of the construction of the universe by a divine craftsman. Here eight new essays explore aspects of this work: the principles of the mythical narrative, how the world soul and human body are formed, implications for illness, and the importance of music. |
| Synopsis: |
Plato's "Timaeus" contains a powerful and influential myth, of the construction of the universe by a divine craftsman. A god imposed reason on necessity, to bring order from a primeval 'receptacle' of disordered matter. There results the 'child' that is the cosmos - a copy of an externally-existing perfect model. Here eight new essays, from an international cast of scholars, explore aspects of this challenging work: the principles of the mythical narrative, how the world soul and human body are formed, implications for illness - mental and physical - and the importance of music and harmonious proportion. Later developments are also treated: Aristotles' theory of generation, the commentary of Proclus and elements of modern evolutionary theory. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Classical Press of Wales |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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