Description |
1 online resource (ix, 320 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-279) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Demiurgy in the Timaeus -- Cosmic God and human reason in the Timaeus -- Creating mixtures in the Philebus -- Happiness in the universe of the Philebus -- Reversing the myth of the Politicus -- Cosmic and human drama in the Politicus -- Laws X: first causes and the origin of evil. |
Summary |
"Although a great deal has been written on Plato's ethics, his cosmology has not received so much attention in recent times, and its importance for his ethical thought has remained underexplored. By offering accounts of Timaeus, Philebus, Politicus, and Laws X, the book reveals a strongly symbiotic relation between the cosmic and the human sphere. It is argued that in his late period Plato presents a picture of an organic universe, endowed with structure and intrinsic value, which both urges our respect and calls for our responsible intervention."--Jacket. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Plato.
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Plato. |
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Cosmology, Ancient.
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Cosmology, Ancient. |
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Ethics, Ancient.
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Ethics, Ancient. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Carone, Gabriela Roxana. Plato's cosmology and it's ethical dimensions. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521845602 (DLC) 2005046970 (OCoLC)62857843 |
ISBN |
9781107321878 (electronic book) |
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1107321875 (electronic book) |
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9780511734915 (e-book) |
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0511734913 (e-book) |
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0521845602 |
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9780521845601 |
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