Timaeus in Paradise

Tracing the influence and impact of Plato’s Timaeus —and its major themes, creation and beauty—through the centuries More than two thousand years after it was written, Plato’s Timaeus continues to fascinate and intrigue its readers. In Timaeus in Paradis e, Piero Boitani traces the abiding legacy of the Timaeus , mapping an intellectual journey that begins with Plato and extends to Dante and beyond. In a series of short, lyrical chapters, Boitani sketches a lineage that includes Proclus, Boethiu