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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 imposes 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 et…
Back cover: How were the two foundational texts dealing with the origin of the world, the third book of Plato's Timaeus and the Genesis account of the creation, interpreted in antiquity? The present volume contains the proceedings of an international colloquium that brought toge…
Back cover: How were the two foundational texts dealing with the origin of the world, the third book of Plato's Timaeus and the Genesis account of the creation, interpreted in antiquity? The present volume contains the proceedings of an international colloquium that brought toge…
Die antike christliche Kosmologie ist als Auslegung des biblischen Schöpfungsberichtes und gleichzeitig als Teil der antiken kosmologischen Debatte zu verstehen, die maßgeblich von der Diskussion um Platons Timaeus geprägt ist.<br />Charlotte Köckert arbeitet heraus, wie drei be…
This book focuses on the development of Platonic philosophy at the hands of Roman writers between the first century BCE and the early fifth century CE. It discusses the interpretation of Plato's Timaeus by Cicero, Apuleius, Calcidius, and Augustine, and examines how these author…
This book focuses on the development of Platonic philosophy at the hands of Roman writers between the first century BCE and the early fifth century CE. It discusses the interpretation of Plato's Timaeus by Cicero, Apuleius, Calcidius, and Augustine, and examines how these author…
