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Indlæser... Plato's Cosmology: The Timaeus of Plato (udgave 1997)af Plato, Francis MacDonald Cornford
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Timaeus is a book which tells us about how Plato thought the world came to be. Ofcourse it is not very credible any more, but it contains some very interesting ideas. For example, the book explores the difference between the intelligible world and the sensory world. Also, it tries to answer the question if this universe is the only, and if so, why. It combines mathematics and metaphysics, and next to that it defines 'God' in an interesting way (as being the universe, if I'm not mistaken). However, halfway the book turns into complete rubbish. Here Timaeus tries to show us why the body is shaped the way it is. The stories he makes up aren't even metaphores, they are extensive explorations of an outdated medical view. They could not interest me. It is because of this extended last part that, overall, I do not think this is a very valuable book. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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First published in Plato: Complete Works , Donald J. Zeyl's masterful translation of Timaeus is presented along with his 75 page introductory essay, which discusses points of contemporary interest in the Timaeus , deals at length with long-standing and current issues of interpretation, and provides a consecutive commentary on the work as a whole. Includes an analytic table of contents and a select bibliography. No library descriptions found. |
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Mas sinceramente, após uma rápida incursão no mito de Atlantis e das intrusões de Gaia, a criar um tempo civilizacional cíclico, o monólogo cosmológico do pitagórico Timeu é enfadonho, da origem do universo até os animais. O demiurgo coloca ordem na casa, isto é, cria tudo, e essa regularidade é o modelo que devemos buscar, nosso elo com a eternidade, sendo tudo composto por triângulos, o isóceles e a metade do equilatero os dois mais belos. ( )