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Plato: Timaeus
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Focus Item #: 00072
Author(s): Peter Kalkavage
ISBN: 978-1-58510-007-1
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Description
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.
Features
Translation
includes notes, introductory material, glossary and appendix. Especially
noteworthy are the extensive discussions in the appendices on astronomy, geometry
and music.
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.
Focus
Philosophical Library translations are close to and are non-interpretative of
the original text, with the notes and a glossary intending to provide the
reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they were understood by
Plato’s immediate audience.
About the Author
Peter Kalkavage is a
Tutor at St. John's College in Annapolis.
Review
Kalkavage's
translation is a brilliant accomplishment. He makes Plato's most intricate and
important dialogues accessible to new readers.
~12/12/00 by Dr. Alejandro A. Vallega Department of Philosophy. CSU,
Stanislaus.
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