Plato on time and the world / Viktor Ilievski, Daniel Vázquez, Silvia De Bianchi, editors.

This book focuses on two central topics that could help us answer how Plato conceives of the physical world and its relationship to Forms. The first one is the Platonic concept of time. What is it, how is it defined, what is it not, and how does it help us describe the changing realities surrounding...

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Other Authors: Ilievski, Viktor (Editor), Vázquez, Daniel (Editor), Bianchi, Silvia de (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Instant () in Platos Parmenides 155e3-157b4, Luc Brisson
  • 2. Extratemporal Conditions for Temporal Processes: The Pre-cosmic State in Platos Timaeus and Parmenides, Angela Ulacco
  • 3. The Ontology, Structure and Function of Time in Platos Timaeus, Daniel Vzquez
  • 4. The Perfect World: On the Relation Between the World and the Paradigm in Platos Timaeus, Federico Maria Petrucci
  • 5. Power of Becoming, Carolina Arajo
  • 6. Eiks Logos and the World as a Work of Art, Bruno Conte
  • 7. What is the Matter with Necessity and Space? A Timaean Puzzle, Viktor Ilievski
  • 8. Why particular things play both sides (Resp. 479b10)? Uniform and multiform entities in Platos Two Worlds Theory, Filippo Forcignan.