Plato's cosmology and it's ethical dimensions / Gabriela Roxana Carone.

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Carone, Gabriela Roxana

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 320 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781107321878
1107321875
9780511734915
0511734913
1139810278
9781139810272
1107316480
9781107316485
1107317444
9781107317444
1299318843
9781299318847
1107315506
9781107315501

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Plato's cosmology and it's ethical dimensions.DDC classification:

113/.092 22

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B398.C67 C37 2005eb

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Contents:

Introduction -- Demiurgy in the Timaeus -- Cosmic God and human reason in the Timaeus -- Creating mixtures in the Philebus -- Happiness in the universe of the Philebus -- Reversing the myth of the Politicus -- Cosmic and human drama in the Politicus -- Laws X: first causes and the origin of evil.

Review: "Although a great deal has been written on Plato's ethics, his cosmology has not received so much attention in recent times, and its importance for his ethical thought has remained underexplored. By offering accounts of Timaeus, Philebus, Politicus, and Laws X, the book reveals a strongly symbiotic relation between the cosmic and the human sphere. It is argued that in his late period Plato presents a picture of an organic universe, endowed with structure and intrinsic value, which both urges our respect and calls for our responsible intervention."--Jacket

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-279) and index.

"Although a great deal has been written on Plato's ethics, his cosmology has not received so much attention in recent times, and its importance for his ethical thought has remained underexplored. By offering accounts of Timaeus, Philebus, Politicus, and Laws X, the book reveals a strongly symbiotic relation between the cosmic and the human sphere. It is argued that in his late period Plato presents a picture of an organic universe, endowed with structure and intrinsic value, which both urges our respect and calls for our responsible intervention."--Jacket