Plato's natural philosophy: a study of the timaeus-critias
Auteur :
Johansen, Thomas Kjeller
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521790673
Date de publication :
1 juil. 2004
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
510 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book connects the accounts in Plato's dialogue the Timaeus-Critias, that of Atlantis' defeat by ancient Athens and that of the divine creation of the cosmos, through the unifying theme of teleology and shows the dialogue to be an important development in the Aristotelian tradition of natural philosophy.