Timaeus and Critias

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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 constru…

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

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2008.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (Ixviii, 163 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780191539787, 0191539783
oclc:ocn373185469
LC Classification:B387.A5
Dewey Decimal:113

Timaeus -- Critias.

Subjects

Atlantide (Lieu imaginaire) Atlantis Atlantis (Legendary place) Cosmologie -- Ouvrages avant 1800 cosmology Cosmology -- Early works to 1800 Early works Griechenland Kosmogonie SCIENCE -- Cosmology