| #973586 in Books | Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co. | 2001-06-15 | Original language:Ancient Greek | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.46 x5.50l,.51 | File type: PDF | 161 pages | ||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| A Beautiful Timaeus with a Fantastic Introductory Essay|By Geoffrey B|This is a book that makes you wish you could give 4.5 stars to some of the other books you've given a 5 star rating. The translation is well done and the appendices are fantastic, but this is worth the purchase for the introduction alone. Kalkavage's explanation of how the characters in the dialog fit into Pl||Kalkavage's translation is a brilliant accomplishment. He makes Plato's most intricate and important dialogues accessible to new readers. -- December 12, 2000 Dr. Alejandro A. Vallega Department of Philosophy. California State University, Stanislaus.|
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 th...
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