Although a great deal has been written on Plato's ethics, his cosmology has not received so much attention in recent times and its importance for his ethical th

Offers a systematic presentation of Plato's late cosmology, showing connections to his ethics and arguments about the organic structure of the universe.

Plato's dialogue the Timaeus-Critias presents two connected accounts, that of the story of Atlantis and its defeat by ancient Athens and that of the creation of

This book relates Plato's cosmology to his political philosophy by means of new interpretations of his Timaeus, Statesman, and Laws.