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Cosmology and politics in Plato's later works

By O'Meara , Dominic J;Plato;Platon

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9781107183278, 9781316869581, 1107183278
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5898731 bytes)
Pages
xii, 157 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm\172
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- (0427?-0348? av. J.-C.);Critique et interprétaCosmologie;Cosmology;Critique et interprétation;Ko

Description

Knowledge of the structure of the cosmos, Plato suggests, is important in organizing a human community which aims at happiness. This book investigates this theme in Plato's later works, the Timaeus, Statesman, and Laws. Dominic J. O'Meara proposes fresh readings of these texts, starting from the religious festivals and technical and artistic skills in the context of which Plato elaborates his cosmological and political theories, for example the Greek architect's use of models as applied by Plato in describing the making of the world. O'Meara gives an account of the model of which Plato's world is an image; of the mathematics used in producing the world; and of the relation between the cosmic model and the political science and legislation involved in designing a model state in the Laws. Non-specialist scholars and students will be able to access and profit from the book.

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