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Plato: Timaeus and Critias by Plato.; Henry Desmond Pritchard Lee, Sir is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Plato: Timaeus and Critias about?

Taking the form of dialogues between Socrates, Timaeus, Critias and Hermocrates, these two works are among Plato's final writings. In Timaeus, he gives a thorough account of the world in which we live, describing a cosmos composed of four elements - earth, air, fire and water - which combine to give existence to all things. An exploration of the origins of the universe, life and humanity, which outlines not just physical laws but also metaphysical and religious principles, it remained a paradigm of science for two thousand years. The mysterious preamble to Timaeus contains the first account in literature of Atlantis, while the fragmentary Critias, unfinished by its author, provides a spellbinding description of the lost continent's ideal society, which Critias asserts was created by the god-like children of Poseidon himself.

Who reads Plato: Timaeus and Critias?

Author

Plato.; Henry Desmond Pritchard Lee, Sir

Publisher

Penguin Classics

Published

1974

Language

EN

ISBN

9780140442618

Category

science

Subjects

Fiction, Philosophy, Science

Rating

3.87 / 5 (830 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14