Cosmology and Politics in Plato's Later Works

Dominic J. O'Meara is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the Université de Fribourg, Switzerland. His numerous publications on the history of Platonism include Pythagoras Revived (1989) and Platonopolis (2003). He is a founding member of the Academia Platonica Septima and a recipient of the Prince of Liechtenstein Prize.

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• Prologue: the future of the past in Plato's work; Part I. The World of Timaeus: 1. A feast for the Goddess; 2. The world-maker; 3. The model of the world; 4. The beauty of the world; Interlude; Part II. The City of the Statesman and the Laws: 5. The Statesman: a new robe for the Goddess?; 6. The legislators of the Laws; 7. The order of the city of the Laws and its model; Epilogue.