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Book SynopsisPlato's 'Timaeus' brings together a number of studies from both leading Plato specialists and up-and-coming researchers from across Europe. The contributions cover a wide variety of topics, ranging from the literary form of the work to the ontology of sense perception and the status of medicine in Timaeus' account. Although informed by a commitment to methodological diversity, the collection as a whole forms an organic unity, opening fresh perspectives on widely read passages, while shedding new light on less frequently discussed topics. The volume thus provides a valuable resource for students and researchers at all levels, whether their interest bears on the Timaeus as a whole or on a particular passage.
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Genos, chōra et guerre dans le prologue du Timée-Critias Tanja Ruben Die grosse Rede des Timaios – ein Beispiel wahrer Rhetorik? Lucius Hartmann Panteles zōion e pantelōs on: Vita, anima e movimento intellegibile nel Timeo (e nel Sofista) Francesco Fronterotta How to Make a Soul in the Timaeus Luc Brisson Planets and Time: A Timaean Puzzle Karel Thein The Day, the Month, and the Year: What Plato Expects from Astronomy István M. Bodnár Bodies and Space in the Timaeus Ondřej Krása Does Plato Advance a Bundle Theory in the Timaeus? George Karamanolis Matter Doesn’t Matter: On the Status of Bodies in the Timaeus (30a–32b and 53c–61c) Gerd Van Riel An Unnoticed Analogy between the Timaeus and the Laws Marwan Rashed What is Perceptible in Plato’s Timaeus? Filip Karfík Plato on Illness in the Phaedo, the Republic, and the Timaeus Gábor Betegh Responsibility, Causality, and Will in the Timaeus Chad Jorgenson
