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T1 The Timaeus
A1 Luca, Pitteloud
AB This chapter offers some thoughts about Plato’s cosmological likely myth (eikōs muthos) in the "Timaeus". After briefly characterizing the doctrinal and narrative contexts of Timaeus’ discourse on the origin of the universe and its organization by a divine craftsman, the premises on which the entire cosmological myth is based are analyzed. Then, Timaeus’ final deduction of the universe’s properties is examined, specifically: (1) the universe is the best possible image of an intelligible model constituted by a divine craftsman (the Demiurge); (2) the Demiurge bestows order upon a pre-cosmic chaos by endowing it with the properties of a being composed of a soul and a body; (3) the model of the universe is the Form of the living being; (4) the universe is unique; (5) the body of the universe is composed of the four elements (fire, air, earth, and water); and (6) each of its elements is constituted by two basic triangles. Finally, it is argued that Timaeus’ discourse should not be understood as a pure sequence of deductions but that by allowing the reader to follow the Demiurge’s footsteps, it offers an imaginative experiment that admits alternative conclusions and different possible combinations of the premises introduced.
PB Routledge
SN 978-1-138-19323-9
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/81017
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/81017
LA eng
NO Edited By Peter D. Larsen, Vasilis Politis, The Platonic Mind, Routledge, 2025, pp.
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 12-ene-2026