Plato's Universe

出版者:Parmenides Publishing

作者:Gregory Vlastos

页数:130

出版时间:2005-12-01

价格:USD 22.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9781930972131

图书标签:柏拉图蒂迈欧柏拉图理念论柏拉图对话录哲學哲学科学史科学人文

A distinguished Platonic scholar discusses the impact of the Greek discovery of the "cosmos" on man's perception of his place in the universe, describes the problems this posed, and interprets Plato's response to this discovery. Starting with the Presocratics, Vlastos describes the intellectual revolution that began with the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes in the sixth century B.C. and culminated a century later in the atomist system of Leucippus and Democritus. What united these men was that for all of them nature remained the inviolate, all-inclusive principle of explanation, precluding any appeal to a supernatural cause or ordering agency. In a detailed analysis of the astronomical and physical theories of the Timaeus, Vlastos demonstrates Plato's role in the reception and transmission of the discovery of the new conception of the universe. Plato gives us the chance to see that movement from a unique perspective: that of a fierce opponent of the revolution who was determined to wrest from its brilliant discovery, annex its cosmos, and redesign it on the pattern of his own idealistic and theistic metaphysics. This book is a reprint of the edition published in 1975 by the University of Washington Press. It includes a new Introduction by Luc Brisson.

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替傳統的科學性做了太多無謂辯護。

D.Frede在介绍蒂迈欧参考文献时给出的评价是：经典之作，讨论了《蒂迈欧》中及其之前的“宇宙“含义，简短而富有启发性。这评论的是第一部分。第二部分讨论天体的运动，包含较有技术性的古代天文学内容。第三部分讨论元素的结构，提出了一些现代读者阅读古代科学会问的问题，并站在柏拉图内部做出有效回应。