Год выпуска: 2010 Автор: Richard Mohr Издательство: Страниц: 400 ISBN: 1930972326
Описание
The much-anticipated anthology on Plato's Timaeus. Plato's singular dialogue on the creation of the universe, the nature of the physical world, and the place of persons in the cosmos examining all dimensions of one of the most important books in Western Civilization: its philosophy, cosmology, science, and ethics, its literary aspects and reception. Contributions come from leading scholars in their respective fields, including Sir Anthony Leggett, 2003 Nobel Laureate for Physics. Parts of or earlier versions of these papers were first presented at the Timaeus Conference, held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in September of 2007. "The dialogue mounts space, time, principles of knowledge, mathematics, gods , souls , subatomic particles, plants, planets, metals, fish, birds, and goodness all within a single intelligible frame. Millenarian thoughts prompted by the new millennium aside, it is not surprising that the Timaeus is back. From the Conference...
