Timaeus and Critias / Plato ; translated by Robin Waterfield ; with an introduction and notes by Andrew Gregory.

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Plato

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TextLanguage: English Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (Ixviii, 163 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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9780191539787
0191539783

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Timaeus. English

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Plato. Critias. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Timaeus and Critias.DDC classification:

113 22

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B387.A5 W37 2008eb

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Timaeus -- Critias.

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Summary: 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 brill.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages lx-Ixviii).

Timaeus -- Critias.

Translated from the Ancient Greek.

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 brill.

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