Plato’s Timaeus - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Oct 25, 2005 · In the Timaeus Plato presents an elaborately wrought account of the formation of the universe and an explanation of its impressive order and beauty. The universe, he …
Philosophy of Cosmology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Sep 26, 2017 · Tweaking the SM, or the standard model of particle physics, by changing the values of these constants seems to lead to a barren cosmos. Focusing on the existence of …
Plato’s Myths - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Jul 23, 2009 · Because, Burnyeat argues, the Timaeus cosmology is also a theogony (for the created cosmos is for Plato a god), and this shows Plato’s intention to overcome the traditional …
Anaxagoras - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Aug 22, 2007 · He propounded a physical theory of “everything-in-everything,” and claimed that nous (intellect or mind) was the motive cause of the cosmos. He was the first to give a correct …
Creation and Conservation - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Jul 12, 2007 · Though it is clear that the historical understanding of creation involved a beginning in time (or with time), the fear of conflict with scientific approaches to understanding the …
Plato’s Aesthetics - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Jun 27, 2008 · It is fundamental to understanding Platonic beauty as part of Plato’s aesthetics that Plato sees no opposition between the pleasures that beauty brings and the goals of …
Empedocles - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
In a well-known passage of Plato's Meno where Socrates is supposed to be giving Empedocles' theory of perception, they come from the object of perception to the organ of perception. In this …
Cosmology and Theology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Oct 24, 2011 · The present consensus model of a geometrically flat accelerating universe is usually taken to imply an infinite cosmos. The general attitude of cosmologists is to ignore the …
Proclus - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Mar 16, 2011 · Proclus of Athens (*412–485 C.E.) was the most authoritative philosopher of late antiquity and played a crucial role in the transmission of Platonic philosophy from antiquity to …
Heraclitus - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Feb 8, 2007 · Ever since Plato, Heraclitus has been seen as a philosopher of flux. The challenge in interpreting the philosopher of Ephesus has always been to find a coherent theory in his …