Timaeus is a philosophical dialogue written by Plato and first published in 395 B.C
This edition of Timaeus is based on Benjamin Jowett's translation.
"Socrates begins the Timaeus with a summary of the Republic. He lightly touches upon a few points,—the division of labour and distribution of the citizens into classes, the double nature and training of the guardians, the community of property and of women and children. But he makes no mention of the second education, or of the government of philosophers."
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2421 years later, still timely
Cosmos as craftsmanship: Plato imagines a rational world with a maker’s logic. It is metaphysics that still provokes scientists and philosophers to talk.
Cross-disciplinary curiosity matters. Reading this dialogue refines questions about order, mind, and matter—useful wherever models meet meaning.
Explanations with wonder.
Why anything is ordered.
From assumptions to cosmos.
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