Reason and Necessity
Essays on Plato's Timaeus
edited by M. R. Wright
Paperback (Published)
(November 2023)
ISBN: 9781914535253
Price: $36.00
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(Hardback) (Out of print)
(December 2000)
ISBN: 9780715630570
6.1 x 9.17 inches
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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 eternally-existing perfect model. Here eight new essays from a distinguished international cast, explore aspects of this challenging work: the principles of the mythical narrative, how the world soul and human body are formed, implications for illness – mental and physical, the importance of music and harmonious proportion. Later developments are also treated: Aristotle’s theory of generation, the commentary of Proclus and elements of modern evolutionary theory.
Preface Introduction Outline of topics in Plato's Timaeus xvi 1. Myth, science and reason in the Timaeus - M.R. Wright 2. How to build a world soul: a practical guide - Sergio Zedda 3. How to build a human body: an idealist's guide - Scott Burgess 4. The body's fault? Plato's Timaeus on psychic illness - Christopher Gill 5. Timaeus on music and the liver - Andrew Barker 6. Aristotle's understanding of Plato's Receptacle - Lesley Dean-Jones 7. Proclus on demiurgy and procession in the Timaeus - Jan Opsomer 8. Zoogony and evolution in Plato's Timaeus, the Presocratics, Lucretius and Darwin -Gordon Campbell Bibliography of main editions Index locorum General index
- Edited by M. R. Wright
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