Ep. 264: Plato's "Timaeus" on Cosmology (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Importance of Constraints in Plato's Metaphysics
There's no contemplation of a devil or devil's action that you get in day-carps metaphysics. We simply assume that the universe is beautiful and we assume that the demi urge is good. I don't know that there's a concern here with free will at all. You don't even ask the question, could the demiurge have chosen to create something poorly? Like, no, everything does what its nature tells it to. But there are principles that are eternal that run throughout. And one of these principles is that everything tends toward the good. Nobody chooses the bad.
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