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Before the Creation of Time in Plato’s _Timaeus_

In Daniel Vázquez & Alberto Ross (eds.), Time and Cosmology in Plato and the Platonic Tradition. Brill. pp. 111–133 (2022)

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  1. Plato: Complete Works.J. M. Cooper (ed.) - 1997 - Hackett.
    Outstanding translations by leading contemporary scholars--many commissioned especially for this volume--are presented here in the first single edition to include the entire surviving corpus of works attributed to Plato in antiquity. In his introductory essay, John Cooper explains the presentation of these works, discusses questions concerning the chronology of their composition, comments on the dialogue form in which Plato wrote, and offers guidance on approaching the reading and study of Plato's works. Also included are concise introductions by Cooper and Hutchinson (...)
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  • Aristotle's criticism of Plato and the Academy.Harold F. Cherniss - 1944 - Baltimore,: Johns Hopkins University Press.
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  • Creationism and its Critics in Antiquity.David Sedley - 2007 - University of California Press.
    The world is configured in ways that seem systematically hospitable to life forms, especially the human race. Is this the outcome of divine planning or simply of the laws of physics? Ancient Greeks and Romans famously disagreed on whether the cosmos was the product of design or accident. In this book, David Sedley examines this question and illuminates new historical perspectives on the pantheon of thinkers who laid the foundations of Western philosophy and science. Versions of what we call the (...)
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  • Plato on Parts and Wholes: The Metaphysics of Structure.Verity Harte - 2002 - New York: Oxford University Press.
    What is the relation between a whole and its parts? The metaphysics of structure and composition is much discussed in modern philosophy; now Verity Harte provides the first sustained examination of Plato's rich but neglected discussion of the topic, and shows how it can illuminate current debates. This book is an invaluable resource both for scholars of Plato and for modern metaphysicians.
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  • Matter, Space, and Motion: Theories in Antiquity and Their Sequel.Richard Sorabji - 1988 - Bloomsbury Academic.
    The nature of matter was as intriguing a question for ancient philosophers as it is for contemporary physicists, and Matter, Space, and Motion presents a fresh and illuminating account of the rich legacy of the physical theories of the Greeks from the fifth century B.C. to the late sixth century A.D.
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  • Plato's Natural Philosophy: A Study of the Timaeus-Critias.Thomas Johansen - 2004 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
    Plato's dialogue the Timaeus-Critias presents two connected accounts, that of the story of Atlantis and its defeat by ancient Athens and that of the creation of the cosmos by a divine craftsman. This book offers a unified reading of the dialogue. It tackles a wide range of interpretative and philosophical issues. Topics discussed include the function of the famous Atlantis story, the notion of cosmology as 'myth' and as 'likely', and the role of God in Platonic cosmology. Other areas commented (...)
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  • A commentary on Plato's Timaeus.Alfred Edward Taylor - 1928 - New York: Garland.
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  • A History of Greek Philosophy: Vol. V. The Later Plato and the Academy.W. K. C. Guthrie - 1980 - Mind 89 (354):282-284.
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  • (2 other versions)Time, Creation, and the Continuum.Richard Sorabji - 1985 - Religious Studies 21 (1):100-103.
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  • (2 other versions)Time, Creation and the Continuum.Richard Sorabji - 1985 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 36 (4):473-475.
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  • The Disorderly Motion in the Timaios.Gregory Vlastos - 1939 - Classical Quarterly 33 (2):71-83.
    So much has been written on this vexed issue, that one hesitates to reopen it. Yet one has no other choice when one finds scholars accepting as generally agreed a view which rests on altogether insufficient evidence. I propose, therefore, to examine the main grounds on which recent authorities interpret the disorderly motion of Tm 30a, 52d–53b, and 69b as a mythical symbol. They are four: I. That the Timaios is a myth; II. The testimony of the Academy; III. That (...)
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  • (2 other versions)A Commentary on Plato's "Timaeus".A. E. Taylor - 1930 - Humana Mente 5 (17):113-114.
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  • Εικωσ μυθοσ.Myles Burnyeat - 2005 - Rhizai. A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science 2:143-165.
    The key phrase eikōs muthos is standardly translated ‘a likely tale’, suggesting an empiricist philosophy of science quite alien to Plato’s outlook. I argue for translating, in the first instance, ‘a reasonable myth’, and focus on the point that the reason involved in world-making is practical, not theoretical. This should make a significant differenceto how we assess the Demiurgic arguments reported to us in the dialogue.
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  • Cosmology and Politics in Plato's Later Works.Dominic J. O'Meara - 2017 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
    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 (...)
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  • Pre-Cosmic Necessity in Plato's Timaeus.Elizabeth Jelinek - 2011 - Apeiron 44 (3):287-305.
    One aim of this paper is to bring to the surface the problems with the traditional, non-literal interpretation of the pre-cosmos in the Timaeus. Contrary to this traditional interpretation, I show that Necessity is an ateleological cause capable of bringing about the events in the pre-cosmos, and that Intelligence is a teleological cause that produces effects only for the sake of maximizing the good. I conclude that there are no grounds for supposing that Intelligence is a causal force operating in (...)
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  • (1 other version)Time, Number, and Eternity in Plato and Aristotle.W. Von Leyden - 1964 - The Philosophical Quarterly 14 (54):35-52.
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  • (3 other versions)The Theory of Motion in Plato's Later Dialogues.J. B. Skemp - 1943 - Philosophy 18 (69):80-84.
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  • The creation myth in Plato's Timaeus.Leonardo Taran - 1971 - In John P. Anton & George L. Kustas (eds.), Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy I. Albany: State University of New York Press. pp. 1--372.
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  • On the Inauthenticity of the Critias.Marwan Rashed & Thomas Auffret - 2017 - Phronesis 62 (3):237-254.
    In this paper, we highlight a number of difficulties concerning the relationship between the Critias and theT imaeus, notably a contradiction between Timaeus 27a-b and Critias 108a-c. On this basis we argue that the Critias must be considered spurious.
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  • Plato's Vision of Chaos.Jerry S. Clegg - 1976 - Classical Quarterly 26 (01):52-.
    In the creation myth of the Timaeus Plato describes God as wishing that all things should be good so far as is possible. Wherefore, finding the whole visible sphere of the world not at rest, but moving in an irregular fashion, out of disorder He brought order, thinking that this was in every way an improvement. To achieve His end He placed intelligence in soul and soul in body, reflecting that nothing unintelligent could ever be better than something intelligent . (...)
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  • Plato on Time and Eternity.Richard D. Mohr - 1986 - Ancient Philosophy 6:39-46.
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  • Platonic Cosmology.Richard D. Mohr - 1985 - Leiden: Brill.
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