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Mohr, Richard D.

The platonic cosmology / by Richard D. Mohr. - 1 online resource (xi, 200 pages) : illustrations. - Philosophia antiqua ; v. 42 . - Philosophia Antiqua 42. Philosophia Antiqua Online, ISBN: 9789004319752. .

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-191).

Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION: THEMES AND THESES -- DIVINITY, COGNITION AND ONTOLOGY THE UNIQUE WORLD ARGUMENT -- PLATO ON TIME AND ETERNITY -- IMAGE, FLUX AND SPACE IN THE TIMAEUS -- THE GOLD ANALOGY IN THE TIMAEUS -- REMARKS ON THE STEREOMETRIC NATURE AND STATUS OF THE PRIMARY BODIES IN THE TIMAEUS -- THE MECHANISM OF FLUX IN THE TIMAEUS -- DISORDERLY MOTION IN THE STATESMAN -- THE SOURCES OF EVIL PROBLEM AND THE PRINCIPLE OF MOTION DOCTRINE IN THE PHAEDRUS AND LAWS X -- THE WORLD-SOUL IN THE PLATONIC COSMOLOGY -- THE RELATION OF REASON TO SOUL IN THE PLATONIC COSMOLOGY: SOPHIST 248e-249d -- THE PLATONIC THEODICY: LAWS X, 899-905 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED -- INDEX OF PLATONIC PASSAGES CITED -- AUTHOR INDEX.

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ISBN: 9789004320642

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789004320642 DOI

LCCN: 85230291

Subjects--Personal Names:
Plato.
Plato.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cosmology, Ancient.
Cosmology, Ancient.

LC Class. No.: B398.C67 / M64 1985

Dewey Class. No.: 113/.092/4