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02308aam a2200385 i 4500 001 932D8D10580511E8A8F83C5097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180515010114 008 170328s2017 enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017012149 020 $a 1107183278 020 $a 9781107183278 035 $a (OCoLC)984187798 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d BTCTA $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d YDX $d OCLCO $d STF $d CHVBK $d GZM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a B395 $b .O44 2017 082 00 $a 184 $2 23 100 1 $a O'Meara, Dominic J., $e author. 245 10 $a Cosmology and politics in Plato's later works / $c Dominic J. O'Meara, Universite de Fribourg, Switzerland. 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2017. 300 $a xii, 157 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 8 $a Knowledge of the structure of the cosmos, Plato suggests, is important in organizing a human community which aims at happiness. This book investigates this theme in Plato's later works, the Timaeus, Statesman, and Laws. Dominic J. O'Meara proposes fresh readings of these texts, starting from the religious festivals and technical and artistic skills in the context of which Plato elaborates his cosmological and political theories, for example the Greek architect's use of models as applied by Plato in describing the making of the world. O'Meara gives an account of the model of which Plato's world is an image; of the mathematics used in producing the world; and of the relation between the cosmic model and the political science and legislation involved in designing a model state in the Laws. Non-specialist scholars and students will be able to access and profit from the book. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 600 00 $a Plato. 600 07 $a Plato. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00046610 600 07 $a Plato, $d v427-v347. $0 (DE-588)118594893 $2 gnd 650 0 $a Cosmology. 650 0 $a Political science. 650 7 $a Cosmology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00880600 650 7 $a Political science. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069781 650 7 $a Kosmologie. $0 (DE-588)4114294-9 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Politik. $0 (DE-588)4046514-7 $2 gnd 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231017025307.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=932D8D10580511E8A8F83C5097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search