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Plato's Cosmology and its Ethical Dimensions Gabriela Roxana Carone (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Plato's Cosmology and its Ethical Dimensions By Gabriela Roxana Carone (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Plato's Cosmology and its Ethical Dimensions by Gabriela Roxana Carone (University of Colorado, Boulder)


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Summary

Although a great deal has been written on Plato's ethics, his cosmology has not received so much attention in recent times and its importance for his ethical thought has remained underexplored. By offering accounts of Timaeus, Philebus, Politicus and Laws X, the book reveals a strongly symbiotic relation between the cosmic and human sphere.

Plato's Cosmology and its Ethical Dimensions Summary

Plato's Cosmology and its Ethical Dimensions by Gabriela Roxana Carone (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Although a great deal has been written on Plato's ethics, his cosmology has not received so much attention in recent times and its importance for his ethical thought has remained underexplored. By offering accounts of Timaeus, Philebus, Politicus and Laws X, the book reveals a strongly symbiotic relation between the cosmic and human sphere. It is argued that in his late period Plato presents a picture of an organic universe, endowed with structure and intrinsic value, which both urges our respect and calls for our responsible intervention. Humans are thus seen as citizens of a university that can provide a context for their flourishing even in the absence of good political institutions. The book sheds light on many intricate metaphysical issues in late Plato and brings out the close connections between his cosmology and the development of his ethics.

Plato's Cosmology and its Ethical Dimensions Reviews

Review of the hardback: 'It is a significant contribution indeed to Plato scholarship - both daring and original. It is sure to be seen as an important work and to be much discussed.' C. D. C. Reeve, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Review of the hardback: 'Carone offers an intriguing and insightful study of the relation between cosmology and ethics in four of Plato's late dialogues ...' The Journal of Value Inquiry

About Gabriela Roxana Carone (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Gabriela Roxana Carone has been affiliated with the University of Buenos Aires, King's College London, the University of Colorado, Boulder, the Princeton University Center for Human Values and the Harvard University Center for Hellenic Studies. She has also been a research fellow for CONICET (Argentina), the British Council (UK) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (USA). She is the author of La Nocion de dios en el Timeo de Platon (2010) and of numerous articles on ancient philosophy.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Demiurgy in the Timaeus; 3. Cosmic God and human reason in the Timaeus; 4. Creating mixtures in the Philebus; 5. Cosmos and human happiness in Philebus; 6. Reversing the myth of the Politicus; 7. Cosmic and human drama in the Politicus; 8. Good and evil in Laws X; 9. Conclusion.

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NLS9781107657045
9781107657045
1107657040
Plato's Cosmology and its Ethical Dimensions by Gabriela Roxana Carone (University of Colorado, Boulder)
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2011-08-31
336
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