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Nature and divinity in Plato's Timaeus /
"Plato's Timaeus is one of the most influential and challenging works of ancient philosophy to have come down to us. Sarah Broadie's rich and compelling study proposes new interpretations of major elements of the Timaeus, including the separate Demiurge, the cosmic 'beginning...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; NATURE AND DIVINITYIN PLATO' S TIMAEUS; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; What lies ahead; CHAPTER 1 The separateness of the Demiurge; 1.1 WORLD-MAKING: MATERIALS, USER, AND PRODUCT; 1.2 THE COSMIC GOD; 1.3 AN IMMANENT DEMIURGE?; 1.4 SUMMARY; CHAPTER 2 Paradigms and epistemic possibilities; 2.1 'WHICH OF THE TWO PARADIGMS?'
- DEFENDING THE QUESTION; 2.2 THE POSSIBILITY OF HUMAN NATURAL SCIENCE; 2.3 HOW THE COSMOLOGY SHOULD BE JUDGED; 2.4 THE TONE OF CONFIDENCE; 2.5 TWO FURTHER QUESTIONS; 2.6 SUMMARY; CHAPTER 3 The metaphysics of the paradigm.