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Plato's ""Timaeus"" contains a powerful and influential myth, of the construction of the universe by a divine craftsman. A god imposed reason on necessity, to bring order from a primeval 'receptacle' of disordered matter. There results the 'child' that is the cosmos - a copy of an externally-existing perfect model. Here eight new essays, from an international cast of scholars, explore aspects of this challenging work: the principles of the mythical narrative, how the world soul and human body are formed, implications for illness - mental and physical - and the importance of music and harmonious proportion. Later developments are also treated: Aristotles' theory of generation, the commentary of Proclus and elements of modern evolutionary theory.

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Author:   M. R. Wright ,  Andrew Barker
Publisher:   Classical Press of Wales
Imprint:   Classical Press of Wales
ISBN:  

9781914535253

ISBN 10:   1914535251
Pages:   207
Publication Date:   12 October 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Outline of Topics in Plato's Timaeus xvi 1. Myth, Science and Reason in the Timaeus - M.R. Wright 2. How to Build a World Soul: A Practical Guide - Sergio Zedda 3. How to Build a Human Body: An Idealist's Guide - Scott Burgess 4. The Body's Fault? Plato's Timaeus on Psychic Illness - Christopher Gill 5. Timaeus on Music and the Liver - Andrew Barker 6. Aristotle's Understanding of Plato's Receptacle - Lesley Dean-Jones 7. Proclus on Demiurgy and Procession in the Timaeus - Jan Opsomer 8. Zoogony and Evolution in Plato's Timaeus, the Presocratics, Lucretius and Darwin - Gordon Campbell Bibliography of Main Editions Index Locorum General Index

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M.R. Wright has published numerous papers on ancient philosophy. Her principal books are Empedocles: The Extant Fragments; Cicero: On Stoic Good and Evil; and Cosmology in Antiquity.

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