Plato's Timaeus
by Cornford, Francis M
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/Not Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0672603012
- ISBN 13
- 9780672603013
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Macmillan Pub Co, 1981. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 6th. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good softcover. 117pp including conclusion. 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 the dialogue, functioning as springboards into the various concepts and ideas that are central to this and other Platonic dialogues and are useful starting points for any classroom discussion or personal thought..
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- First Landing Books & Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58064
- Title
- Plato's Timaeus
- Author
- Cornford, Francis M
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Edition
- 6th
- ISBN 10
- 0672603012
- ISBN 13
- 9780672603013
- Publisher
- Macmillan Pub Co
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Plato's Cosmology Celestial Motions Reason Mediaeval Proclus
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
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