Plato on Time and the World

Preface
Acknowledgement
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Abbreviations
1: Introduction
	1	 Time
	2	 Time and the World
	3	 The World and the Forms
	4	 Generation, Necessity, and the Receptacle
2: Time and Astronomy in Plato’s Timaeus
	1	 Introduction
	2	 The Ontology of Time: Time Is an Astronomical Event
	3	 The Parts, Aspects and Definition of Time
		3.1	 Parts of Time
		3.2	 Aspects of Time
		3.3	 The Definition of Time
	4	 Concluding Remarks
	References
3: The Instant (ἐξαίφνης) in Plato’s Parmenides 155e4–157b5
	1	 The First Part of the Parmenides
	2	 The Second Part of Plato’s Parmenides
	3	 The Neoplatonic One and Parmenides’ Being
	4	 A Corollary to the Second Series of Deductions
	5	 Aristotle’s Criticism
	6	 Parmenides, Not Plato
	References
4: Time, Being and Language in Plato’s Timaeus
	1	 Language and Time
		1.1	 The Forms of Time
		1.2	 Eternal Being and the “Is”
		1.3	 More Inaccuracies
	2	 Language and World
		2.1	 The Metaphysical Framework
		2.2	 The λόγοι between ἐξήγησις and συγγένεια
	References
5: Psychogony: Did Plato’s World Soul Come into Being (in Time)?
	1	 Introduction
	2	 Plato’s Account(s) of the World Soul’s “Birth”
	3	 World Soul, Cosmos, Time and Motion
	4	 Generated or Ungenerated? Reading the Timaeus in the Light of the Phaedrus
	5	 Conclusion
	References
6: The Perfect World. On the Relation Between the World and the Paradigm in Plato’s Timaeus
	1	 Premiss
	2	 A Unique World
	3	 Time and Intelligible Life
	4	 Some Conclusions
	References
7: Why Particulars “Play Both Sides” (Resp. 479b10)? Uniform and Multiform Entities in Plato’s Two-World Theory
	1	 Plato’s Dualism: Forms and Concrete Objects
	2	 Recognising Objects, Discerning Properties: The Fingers Example in Resp. V
	3	 From Anaxagoras to Plato’s “Middle Period” Metaphysics
	4	 Why Can’t What Always Changes Be a τοῦτο, But Only τὸ τοιοῦτον? Brief Notes on Tim. 49b2–50a4
	5	 Conclusion
	References
8: Generation: A Programmatic Reading of Timaeus 47e3–58c4
	1	 Introducing the Problem
		1.1	 Inevitability (ἀνάγκη) (47e3–48b3)
		1.2	 Prime Bodies (48b3–c2)
		1.3	 The Methodological Disclaimer (48c2–e1)
	2	 The General Account of Generation (48e2–52d1)
		2.1	 The Three Principles (48e2–49a6)
		2.2	 Distinguishing Generation and Prime Bodies (49a6–49e7)
		2.3	 Distinguishing Generation and the Third Kind (49e7–51b6)
		2.4	 Generation Assuming Forms (51b6–52d1)
	3	 The Specific Account of Generation (52d2–55c6)
		3.1	 Generation Before the World (52d2–53b5)
		3.2	 Generation in the World (53b5–55c6)
			3.2.1 Reciprocal Generation (53b5–54e3)
			3.2.2 Composition and Dissolution of Bodies (54d3–57d6)
			3.2.3 Motion in the World (57b7–58c4)
	4	 Conclusion
	References
9: What Is the Matter with Necessity and Space? Some Reflections on the Timaeus
	1	 Introduction
	2	 Aristotle’s Vision of Plato’ χώρα as ὕλη: The Origins of a Misconception
	3	 The Ontological Kinds and Causes of the Timaeus
	4	 Plato’s Account of Necessity as Corporeality
	5	 The Conundrums of the Timaean Space
	6	 Conclusion
	References
Index of Passages Cited
Nominum Index