Ideas from 'Timaeus' by Plato [349 BCE], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Complete Works' by Plato (ed/tr Cooper,John M.) [Hackett 1997,0-87220-349-2]].
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
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For relaxation one can consider the world of change, instead of eternal things
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy
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Philosophy is the supreme gift of the gods to mortals
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason
306
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Nothing can come to be without a cause
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming
324
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Before the existence of the world there must have been being, space and becoming
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The apprehensions of reason remain unchanging, but reasonless sensation shows mere becoming
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms
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Plato's Forms were seen as part of physics, rather than of metaphysics [Annas]
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307
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Something will always be well-made if the maker keeps in mind the eternal underlying pattern
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In addition to the underlying unchanging model and a changing copy of it, there must also be a foundation of all change
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321
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For knowledge and true opinion to be different there must be Forms; otherwise we are just stuck with sensations
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking
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The universe is basically an intelligible and unchanging model, and a visible and changing copy of it
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12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism
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Only bird-brained people think astronomy is entirely a matter of evidence
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 2. Psuche
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Plato says the soul is ordered by number [Plutarch]
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16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism
330
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No one wants to be bad, but bad men result from physical and educational failures, which they do not want or choose
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21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / a. Music
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Music has harmony like the soul, and serves to reorder disharmony within us
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness
332
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One should exercise both the mind and the body, to avoid imbalance
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure
328
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Everything that takes place naturally is pleasant
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / a. Aims of education
322
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Intelligence is the result of rational teaching; true opinion can result from irrational persuasion
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles
331
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Bad governments prevent discussion, and discourage the study of virtue
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature
311
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The cosmos must be unique, because it resembles the creator, who is unique
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The creator of the cosmos had no envy, and so wanted things to be as like himself as possible
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism
325
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We must consider the four basic shapes as too small to see, only becoming visible in large numbers
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
327
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There are two types of cause, the necessary and the divine
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / a. Experience of time
314
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Heavenly movements gave us the idea of time, and caused us to inquire about the heavens
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / a. Beginning of time
312
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Time came into existence with the heavens, so that there will be a time when they can be dissolved
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27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology
309
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Clearly the world is good, so its maker must have been concerned with the eternal, not with change
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27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 3. The Beginning
308
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If the cosmos is an object of perception then it must be continually changing
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