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One Book, The Whole Universe - Plato's Timaeus Today (Paperback)
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One Book, The Whole Universe - Plato's Timaeus Today (Paperback)
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The much-anticipated anthology on Plato's"Timaeus"--Plato's
singular dialogue on the creation of the universe, the nature of
the physical world, and the place of persons in the
cosmos--examining all dimensions of one of the most important books
in Western Civilization: its philosophy, cosmology, science, and
ethics, its literary aspects and reception. Contributions come from
leading scholars in their respective fields, including Sir Anthony
Leggett, 2003 Nobel Laureate for Physics. Parts of or earlier
versions of these papers were first presented at the "Timaeus"
Conference, held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
in September of 2007.
To this day, Plato's "Timaeus" grounds the form of ethical and
political thinking called Natural Law--the view that there are
norms in nature that provide the patterns for our actions and
ground the objectivity of human values. Beyond the intellectual
content of the dialogue's core, its literary frame is also the
source of the myth of Atlantis, giving the West the concept of the
"lost world."
From Platonic space to Presocratic vortices, from Philosopher-Kings
to Craftsman-Gods and from modern physics to the myth of Atlantis,
"One Book, The Whole Universe" presents in one volume the most
up-to-date and penetrating scholarship on Plato's "Timaeus" by some
of the greatest minds alive today. Contributors
Ann Bergren
Gabor Betegh
Sean Carroll
Alan Code
Zina Giannopoulou
Verity Harte
Thomas Kjeller Johansen
Charles H. Kahn
Anthony J. Leggett
Anthony A. Long
Stephen Menn
Richard D. Mohr
Kathryn A. Morgan
Alexander P.D. Mourelatos
Ian Mueller
Thomas M. Robinson
Barbara M. Sattler
Allan Silverman
Jon Solomon
Anthony Vidler
Matthias Vorwerk
Donald Zeyl
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