Plato's Natural Philosophy: A Study of the Timaeus-Critias

The Timaeus-Critias is concerned with cosmology and Plato's claim that its central task is to articulate the way in which the cosmos manifests the values of goodness and beauty. This book examines this important dialogue in its entirety using current methods of Platonic scholarship. Arguing that Aristotle's physics is far closer to the Timaeus than usually realized, the study's other prominent findings reinforce the dialogue's essentially moral message, and clarify its literary character.

Author: Thomas Kjeller Johansen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 08/16/2004
Pages: 228
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.34w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780521790673

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2005 pg. 1602

About the Author
Johansen, Thomas Kjeller: - Dr Thomas Kjeller Johansen is Reader in Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Aristotle on the Sense-Organs (0521 583381).Johansen, Thomas Kjeller: - Dr Thomas Kjeller Johansen is Reader in Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Aristotle on the Sense-Organs (0521 583381).

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