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Plato: Timaeus (Focus Philosophical Library)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2001
- Book Title
- Plato: Timaeus (Focus Philosophical Library)
- ISBN
- 9781585100071
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1585100072
ISBN-13
9781585100071
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1982944
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Publication Name
Timaeus : Translation, Glossary, Appendices and Introductory Essay
Language
English
Publication Year
2001
Subject
History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy
Series
Focus Philosophical Library
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
9 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
113
Synopsis
A new translation in the Focus Philosophical Library series, with notes and introductory material, glossary and appendix. The extensive introduction provides careful insights to the reading of the work, the nature of Platonic dialogue and the cultural background of the Timaeus. Appendices on Music, Astronomy and Mathematics further provide guidance to the central thoughts of the dialogue. The glossary provides cross references and discussion for key words in the dialogue, functioning as springboards into the various concepts and ideas that are central to this and other Platonic dialogues and are useful starting points for any classroom discussion or personal thought., English translation of Plato's dialogue concerning speculation on the nature of the physical world and human beings., This is an English translation of Plato's dialogue concerning speculation on the nature of the physical world and human beings. An extensive introduction provides careful insights to the reading of the work, the nature of Platonic dialogue and the cultural background of the Timaeus. Appendices on music, astronomy and geometry further provide guidance to the central thoughts of the dialogue. The glossary provides cross references and discussion for key words in the dialogue, functioning as springboards into the various concepts and ideas that are central to this and other Platonic dialogues and are useful starting points for any classroom discussion or personal thought. Focus Philosophical Library translations are close to and are non-interpretative of the original text, with the notes and a glossary intending to provide the reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they were understood by Plato's immediate audience.
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