Time and Cosmology in Plato and the Platonic Tradition

Daniel Vázquez, PhD (KCL), is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Philosophy at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. He is a Core Member at the Trinity Plato Centre, Dublin, and has spent research visiting periods at Trinity College Dublin, La Sapienza, Princeton, Oxford, Cornell, and Yale. Alberto Ross, PhD (Navarra), is Professor of Philosophy at the Panamerican University in Mexico City. He has spent research visiting periods at the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies, the Centre Léon-Robin and the University of St Andrews. He is the author of Dios, eternidad y movimiento en Aristóteles (EUNSA).

Acknowledgements


Abbreviations


Introduction: Time and the Cosmos in Plato and the Platonic Tradition

  Daniel Vázquez



1 Continuity and Community in the Myth of the Statesman

  Jenny Bryan



2 The Demiurge and His Place in Plato’s Metaphysics and Cosmology

  Viktor Ilievski



3 Goodbye to the Demiurge? Timaeus’ Discourse as a Thought Experiment

  Luca Pitteloud



4 Before the Creation of Time in Plato’s Timaeus

  Daniel Vázquez



5 Time and Light in Plato’s Timaeus

  Carolina Araújo



6 Eternity, Instantaneity, and Temporality Tackling the Problem of Time in Plato’s Cosmology

  Silvia De Bianchi



7 Is the Prime Mover a Soul? A Critique of a Platonic Thesis in Physics viii

  Alberto Ross



8 Stoic Cosmic Intelligence and Its Platonic Background

  Ricardo Salles



Index Nominum


Index Locorum