The Cosmology of the Timaeus

Timaeus provides us with an ambitious and novel account of the universe. It shows a deep commitment to the idea that the universe is providentially ordered. But as always, it would be a mistake to reduce plato to his sources. The dialogues in which plato discusses friendship and love are some of the most beautiful he wrote. Works like the phaedrus and symposium show him at the height of his power - fusing philosophical insight with literary sophistication.