Cosmology and Politics in Plato's Later Works

This book relates Plato's cosmology to his political philosophy by means of new interpretations of his Timaeus, Statesman, and Laws.

List of contents

Prologue: the future of the past in Plato's work; Part I. The World of Timaeus: 1. A feast for the Goddess; 2. The world-maker; 3. The model of the world; 4. The beauty of the world; Interlude; Part II. The City of the Statesman and the Laws: 5. The Statesman: a new robe for the Goddess?; 6. The legislators of the Laws; 7. The order of the city of the Laws and its model; Epilogue.

About the author

Dominic J. O'Meara is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the Université de Fribourg, Switzerland. His numerous publications on the history of Platonism include Pythagoras Revived (1989) and Platonopolis (2003). He is a founding member of the Academia Platonica Septima and a recipient of the Prince of Liechtenstein Prize.

Summary

Knowledge of the structure of the cosmos, Plato suggests, is important in organizing a human community which aims at happiness. Dominic J. O'Meara investigates this theme in Plato's later works, the Timaeus, Statesman ,and Laws, situating them in their artistic and religious context.

Product details

• Authors: D. J. O'Meara, Dominic J. O'Meara, Dominic J. O''meara, O'Meara Dominic J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781107183278
• ISBN: 978-1-107-18327-8
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Cosmology & the universe, Cosmology and the universe, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500