Timaeus and Critias /
In Timaeus Plato attempts to describe and explain the structure of the universe: the creator god, the elements, the lower gods, the stars, and men. The companion piece, Critias, is the origin of the story of Atlantis, the lost empire defeated by ancient Athenians. This is the clearest translation ye...
| Основен автор: | Plato. |
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| Други автори: | Waterfield, Robin, 1952-, Gregory, Andrew, 1960- |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English Ancient Greek |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Серия: |
Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=271145 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Timaeus and Critias. |
| Резюме: |
In Timaeus Plato attempts to describe and explain the structure of the universe: the creator god, the elements, the lower gods, the stars, and men. The companion piece, Critias, is the origin of the story of Atlantis, the lost empire defeated by ancient Athenians. This is the clearest translation yet of these crucial ancient texts. - ;'The god wanted everything to be good, marred by as little imperfection as possible.'. Timaeus, one of Plato's acknowledged masterpieces, is an attempt to construct the universe and explain its contents by means of as few axioms as possible. The result is a brill. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (Ixviii, 163 pages) : illustrations. |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages lx-Ixviii). |
| ISBN: |
9780191539787 0191539783 |