Hard to criticise such an important text. ( )

An excellent joint presentation of Timaeus and Critias which offers a dense, but readable account of Plato's cosmology and metaphysics. It also contains the famous account of Atlantis, but I find Plato's cosmological outlook far more interesting. It is, in some ways, a companion to Plato's Republic. The Timaeus is not a Platonic book to start with, but one that should - at some point - be read. One last additional thought is that I wouldn't allow Plato's geometric account of creation - involving triangles and the Platonic solids - to be off-putting and one can get the overall gist without delving in exacting detail into this unique aspect of the Timaeus. ( )

Meh. Interesting bit about Atlantis. Views on women being "inferior" made me laugh. The rest was VERY deep, far to deep for my simple mind. ( )

*sigh* Yeah, I still don't like Plato. I didn't like him the first time I read him, I didn't like him in Greek, and I don't like him any better in translation. Blech. ( )

12/6/21