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Timaeus

Name: Timaeus
Author: Plato

Dialogue by Plato

Written workwritten work Platonic dialogueQ371884

Also known as Plat. Tim.

Author: Plato
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Released: 360 BCE
Language: Ancient Greek
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Genre: Socratic dialogue

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Timaeus, written c. 360 BC, is one of Plato's dialogues, mostly in the form of long speeches by Timaeus and Critias. It is perhaps most noteworthy for its argument for the existence of a "craftsman" by Timaeus. The speech goes on to present cosmological speculations about a World Soul, the creation of the earth and the heavenly spheres, the created gods, man, and finally animals. The dialogue begins with a shorter speech by Critias, unrelated to the later cosmological themes, about the myth of Atlantis and an earlier golden age of Athens.

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Has version, edition or translation: Q19768317
Q28137311 language: Russian
Timaeus
Q19235152
Q112067357 language: Spanish · released: 1871
Title: Τίμαιος
Characters: Socrates
Part of the series: Platonic dialogue
Entry in abbreviations table: Plat. Tim. used by: Perseus Digital Library
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Time period: ancient history
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