Description: Timaeus and Critias, Paperback by Waterfield, Robin (TRN); Gregory, Andrew (INT), ISBN 0192807358, ISBN-13 9780192807359, Brand New, Free shipping in the US '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 brilliant, bizarre, and surreal cosmos - the product of the rational thinking of a creator god and his astral assistants, and of purely mechanistic causes based on the behaviour of the four elements. At times dazzlingly clear, at times intriguingly opaque, this was state-of-the-art science in the middle of the fourth century BC. The world is presented as a battlefield of forces that are unified only by the will of God, who had to do the best he could with recalcitrant building materials. The unfinished companion piece, Critias, is the foundational text for the story of Atlantis. It tells how a model society became corrupt, and how a lost race of Athenians defeated the aggression of the invading Atlanteans. This new edition combines the clearest translation yet of these crucial ancient texts with an illuminating introduction and diagrams. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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Book Title: Timaeus and Critias
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.6 in
Topic: General, Cosmology, Ancient & Classical
Publication Year: 2009
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Philosophy, Science, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 6.5 Oz
Author: Plato, Andrew Gregory, Robin Waterfield
Item Length: 7.7 in
Item Width: 5.1 in
Book Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Format: Uk-Trade Paper
