Knowledge of the structure of the cosmos, Plato suggests, is
important in organizing a human community which aims at happiness.
This book investigates this theme in Plato's later works, the
Timaeus, Statesman, and Laws. Dominic J. O'Meara proposes fresh
readings of these texts, starting from the religious festivals and
technical and artistic skills in the context of which Plato
elaborates his cosmological and political theories, for example the
Greek architect's use of models as applied by Plato in describing
the making of the world. O'Meara gives an account of the model of
which Plato's world is an image; of the mathematics used in
producing the world; and of the relation between the cosmic model
and the political science and legislation involved in designing a
model state in the Laws. Non-specialist scholars and students will
be able to access and profit from the book.
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