Timaeus and Critias

Plato, Thomas Kjeller Johansen, Desmond Lee

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Penguin
30 September 2008

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Penguin Black Classics

Timaeus and Critias has a central place in Western thought and is best known to many for the story of Atlantis

Timaeus and Critias is a Socratic dialogue in two parts. A response to an account of an ideal state told by Socrates, it begins with Timaeus's theoretical exposition of the cosmos and his story describing the creation of the universe, from its very beginning to the coming of man. Timaeus introduces the idea of a creator God and speculates on the structure and composition of the physical world. Critias, the second part of Plato's dialogue, comprises an account of the rise and fall of Atlantis, an ancient, mighty and prosperous empire ruled by the descendents of Poseidon, which ultimately sank into the sea.

By: Plato
Revised by: Thomas Kjeller Johansen
Translated by: Desmond Lee
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 134g
ISBN: 9780140455045
ISBN 10: 0140455043
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 30 September 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Plato (c. 427-347 b.c.) founded the Academy in Athens, the prototype of all Western universities, and wrote more than twenty philosophical dialogues. Thomas Kjeller Johansen studied philosophy and classics at Trinity College, Cambridge. He is now University Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy at Oxford University and Tutorial Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford. His publications include Plato's Natural Philosophy. A Study of the Timaeus-Critias (Cambridge 2004).