THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD IN PLATO’S TIMAEUS
In the Timaeus Plato describes the world as the ‘most beautiful’ (kallistos, 29a5) of generated things. Perhaps indeed this is the first systematic description of the beauty of the world. It is, at any rate, one of the most influential statements of the theme. The Stoics were deeply convinced by it...
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Novosibirsk State University Press
2014-01-01
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| Series: | SCHOLE |
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| Online Access: | http://www.nsu.ru/classics/schole/8/8-1-omeara.pdf |