Plato
Timaeus and Critias (Oxford World's Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780192807359
- author:
- Plato
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- OUP Oxford
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2008
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 19.3 x 1.52 x 12.7 centimetres (
- Genre:
- Philosophy of science
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
Timaeus and Critias is an attempt to construct the universe and explain its contents by means of as few axioms as possible. This brilliant, bizarre, and surreal cosmos presents a world unified only by the will of God, who had to do the best he could with recalcitrant building materials.
The two texts, Timaeus and Critias, are presented together in this new edition, which combines the clearest translation yet of these crucial ancient texts with an illuminating introduction and diagrams. The unfinished companion piece, Critias, tells how a model society became corrupt, and how a lost race of Athenians defeated the aggression of the invading Atlanteans.
This volume reflects Oxford World's Classics' commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus valuable features such as expert introductions, helpful notes, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and more.
Related Products
Related Products
Timaeus and Critias (Penguin Classics)
Plato
Timaeus Critias Cleitophon Menexenus Epistles: v. 9 (Loeb Classical Library)
Plato
The Nether World (Oxford World's Classics)
Gissing, George
The Oxford Shakespeare: Pericles (Oxford World's Classics)
Shakespeare, William
The Oxford Shakespeare: Hamlet (Oxford Worlds Classics)
Shakespeare, William