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Plato's Timaeus


Plato's Timaeus

Peter Kalkavage

St. Johns College, Anapolis

2001 • 1-58510-007-2 • paper • 170 pages • 5½ x 8½ • $12.95

 

Focus Philosophical Library

A new translation in the Focus Philosophical Library series, with notes and introductory material, glossary and appendix. The extensive introduction provides careful insights to the reading of the work, the nature of Platonic dialogue and the cultural background of the Timaeus. Appendices on Music, Astronomy and Mathematics further provide guidance to the central thoughts of the dialogue. The glossary provides cross references and discussion for key words in the dialogue, functioning as springboards into the various concepts and ideas that are central to this and other Platonic dialogues and are useful starting points for any classroom discussion or personal thought.

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Peter Kalkavage is a tutor at St. John's College in Annapolis Md.

 

 

 Table of Contents                                   

Preface
Introductory Essay
      The Feasting of Socrates
      Solon in Egypt
      The World According to Timaeus
            The First Founding: the Story of Intellect
            The Second Founding: the Story of Necessity
            Completing the Whole: the Story of Man
            Concluding Remarks: the Perils of Order
The Timeaus in Outline
Note on the Translation
The Timeaus
Glossary
Appendices
      Music
      Astronomy
      Mathematics
Selected Bibliography

 
 

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