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_2iso639-1
050 4 _aB
_aPA
100 1 _aPlato,
_d428? BCE-348? BCE
245 1 0 _aTimaeus
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c1998
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timaeus_(dialogue)
500 _aRelease date is 1998-12-01
508 _aSue Asscher and David Widger
520 _a"Timaeus" by Plato is a philosophical dialogue written around 360 BC. Through lengthy monologues, the work explores the nature of the physical universe and humanity's place within it. A divine craftsman—the demiurge—brings order from chaos, shaping the cosmos according to eternal, perfect forms. The dialogue examines why the world exists as a living, intelligent whole and how the elements were organized from primordial disorder. It also references the legendary tale of Atlantis, setting the stage for deeper cosmological speculation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aClassical literature
653 _aCosmology -- Early works to 1800
700 1 _aJowett, Benjamin,
_d1817-1893
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1572
999 _c43688
_d43688