Timaeus (/taɪˈmiːəs/; Ancient Greek: Τίμαιος, romanized: Timaios, pronounced [tǐːmai̯os]) is one of Plato's dialogues, mostly in the form of long monologues...

Timaeus (or Timaios) is a Greek name. It may refer to: Timaeus (dialogue), a Socratic dialogue by Plato Timaeus of Locri, 5th-century BC Pythagorean philosopher...

of Plato's dialogues, Timaeus and Critias. In both, he appears as a philosopher of the Pythagorean school. If there ever existed a historical Timaeus of...

occasionally combine both Timaeus and Critias as Timaeus-Critias. Timaeus Unlike the other speakers of the Critias, it is unclear whether Timaeus is a historical...

the Timaeus and Statesman, feature him speaking only rarely. Leo Strauss notes that Socrates' reputation for irony casts doubt on whether Plato's Socrates...

anything else, but itself by itself with itself," (211b). And in the Timaeus Plato writes: "Since these things are so, we must agree that that which keeps...

nêsos, lit. 'island of Atlas') is a fictional island mentioned in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias as part of an allegory on the hubris of nations. In...

George (1854). Plato: The Republic, Timaeus and Critias. New and literal version. London: H.G. Bohn. Jowett, Benjamin (1871). Plato: The Republic. Lee...

Leipzig. Retrieved 2014-11-20. Phaedo, Plato, 98–99 Phaedo, Plato, 99b Timaeus, Plato, 46c9–d4, 69e6. Timaeus, Plato, 27d8–29a. Hardie, R. P., and R. K....

cosmological frameworks throughout history. In ancient philosophy, Plato's dialogue Timaeus introduces the universe as a living creature endowed with a soul...

romanized: Sympósion, lit. 'Drinking Party') is a Socratic dialogue by Plato, dated c. 385 – 370 BC. It depicts a friendly contest of extemporaneous...

In Plato's Republic, the character of Socrates is highly critical of democracy and instead proposes, as an ideal political state, a hierarchal system...

Plato's allegory of the cave is an allegory presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work Republic (514a–520a, Book VII) to compare "the effect...

ignorance rather than malice. Plato, as the speaker Timaeus, refers to the Demiurge frequently in the Socratic dialogue Timaeus (28a ff.), c. 360 BC. The...

[krítɔːn]) is a dialogue that was written by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. It depicts a conversation between Socrates and his wealthy friend Crito...

Thetis was destined to be greater than his father.) In the Timaeus, Plato has the character Timaeus (not Socrates) argue that in the creation of the universe...

the Great Year, the oldest known expression of which is found in Plato's Timaeus. Plato hypothesised that one complete cycle of time would be fulfilled...

(/ˈjuːθɪfroʊ/; Ancient Greek: Εὐθύφρων, romanized: Euthyphrōn; c. 399–395 BC), by Plato, is a Socratic dialogue whose events occur in the weeks before the trial...

hear of a commentary to Plato's Timaeus being written by Crantor of Soli; and in the 1st century AD a commentary on Plato's Republic was written by Onasander...

Kratylos) is the name of a dialogue by Plato. Most modern scholars agree that it was written mostly during Plato's so-called middle period. In the dialogue...

souls. Plato, most of the time, says that there is a distinct reward-and-punishment phase of the afterlife between reincarnations. Only in the Timaeus and...

of the Cave in The Republic) and then assumes another body. In the Timaeus, Plato believes that the soul moves from body to body without any distinct...

variously known as Plato's Academy, the Platonic Academy, and the Academic School,[citation needed] was founded at Athens by Plato circa 387 BC. Aristotle...

Retrieved October 23, 2015. Plato (1929) [c. 360 BCE]. "Timaeus". Plato; in Twelve Volumes, with an English Translation—Vol. 9: Timaeus, Critias, Cleitophon...

Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους, Apología Sokrátous; Latin: Apologia Socratis), written by Plato, is a Socratic dialogue of the speech of legal self-defence which Socrates...

Proclus's works are commentaries on dialogues of Plato (Alcibiades, Cratylus, Parmenides, Republic, Timaeus). In these commentaries, he presents his own philosophical...

philosophy by Plato to designate a receptacle (as a "third kind" [triton genos]; Timaeus 48e4), a space, a material substratum, or an interval. In Plato's account...

the Sun and Moon, was the subject of debate, as was their number; in Timaeus, Plato counts only the five still regarded as astronomical planets, excluding...

argument that one's physical state does not determine their fate. In the Timaeus, Plato favorably mentions Anaximenes's theory of matter and its seven states...

hypothetical dialogue, assumed to be the third part of Plato's late trilogy along with Timaeus and Critias. It is not known exactly how Critias ended...