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- 英語
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この作品を引用
- APAプラトン. (n.d.). Timaeus [ティマイオス]. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ja/works/plato/timaeus
- MLAプラトン. Timaeus [ティマイオス]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/ja/works/plato/timaeus.
- Chicagoプラトン. Timaeus [ティマイオス]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ja/works/plato/timaeus.
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何についての本か
世界がどう作られたかの物語。神なる職人が永遠の範型を見ながら混沌を秩序づける。宇宙論と、四元素の自然学と、人体の生理学がついている。
背景と歴史
ラテン中世を通じて、西方が読めたプラトンはほとんどこれだけだった。だからこそ、創造についてのキリスト教の考え方に、彼のほかの著作よりはるかに大きく形を与えた。アトランティスの出所でもある。それが出てくる古代の文章は、ここと『クリティアス』のほかにない。
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caste of priests among the ancient Athenians, and another of artisans; also castes of shepherds, hunters, and husbandmen, and lastly of warriors, who, like the warriors of Egypt, were separated from the rest, and carried shields and spears, a custom which the goddess first taught you, and then the Asiatics, and we among Asiatics first received from her. Observe again, what care the law took in the pursuit of wisdom, searching out the deep things of the world, and applying them to the use of man. The spot of earth which the goddess chose had the best of climates, and produced the wisest men; in no other was she herself, the philosopher and warrior goddess, so likely to have votaries. And there you dwelt as became the children of the gods, excelling all men in virtue, and many famous actions are recorded of you. The most famous of them all was the overthrow of the island of Atlantis. This great island lay over against the Pillars of Heracles, in extent greater than Libya and Asia put together, and was the passage to other islands and to a great ocean of which the Mediterranean sea was only the harbour; and within the Pillars the empire of Atlantis reached in Europe to Tyrrhenia and in Libya to Egypt. This mighty power was arrayed against Egypt and Hellas and all the countries bordering on the Mediterranean. Then your city did bravely, and won renown over the whole earth. For at the peril of her own existence, and when the other Hellenes had deserted her, she repelled the invader, and of her own accord gave liberty to all the nations within the Pillars. A little while afterwards there were great earthquakes and floods, and your warrior race all sank into the earth; and the great island of Atlantis also disappeared in the sea.…