Timaeus (Plato - Focus ed.)

Author: Plato

Translator: Peter Kalkavage

ISBN: 9781585100071

Binding: paperback

Section: Philosophy/Rhetoric/Logic

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.