Viewing the World from Different Angles: Plato's Timaeus 54E-55A (Articolo in rivista)

Type

• Prodotto della ricerca (Classe)
• Articolo in rivista (Classe)

Label

• Viewing the World from Different Angles: Plato's Timaeus 54E-55A (Articolo in rivista) (literal)

Anno

• 2013-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)

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• 10.1515/apeiron-2012-0052 (literal)

Alternative label

• Ernesto Paparazzo (2013)
  Viewing the World from Different Angles: Plato's Timaeus 54E-55A
  in Apeiron
  (literal)

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• Ernesto Paparazzo (literal)

Pagina inizio

• 244 (literal)

Pagina fine

• 269 (literal)

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• 46 (literal)

Rivista

• Apeiron (Rivista)

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• 26 (literal)

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• 3 (literal)

Note

• Philosophy Documentation Center - Philosophy Research Index (literal)
• ProQuest - Philosopher's Index (literal)

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• Istituto Struttura della Materia CNR (literal)

Titolo

• Viewing the World from Different Angles: Plato's Timaeus 54E-55A (literal)

Abstract

• The present article investigates a passage of the Timaeus in which Plato describes the construction of the pyramid. Scholars traditionally inter- preted it as involving that the solid angle at the vertex of the pyramid is equal, or nearly so, to 180°, a value which they took to be that of the most obtuse of plane angles. I argue that this interpretation is not warranted, because it con- flicts with both the geometrical principles which Plato in all probability knew and the context of the Timaeus. As well as recalling the definitions and proper- ties of plane angles and solid angles in Euclid's Elements, I offer an alternative interpretation, which in my opinion improves the comprehension of the pas- sage, and makes it consistent with both the immediate and wider context of the Timaeus. I suggest that the passage marks a transition from plane geometry to solid geometry within Plato's account of the universe. (literal)

Prodotto di

• Superfici Funzionalizzate, Interfacce, Riconoscimento Molecolare e Catalisi (MD.P06.005.001) (Modulo)
• Institute of structure of matter (ISM) (Istituto)

Autore CNR

• ERNESTO PAPARAZZO (Unità di personale interno)

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Autore CNR di

• ERNESTO PAPARAZZO (Unità di personale interno)

Prodotto

• Institute of structure of matter (ISM) (Istituto)
• Superfici Funzionalizzate, Interfacce, Riconoscimento Molecolare e Catalisi (MD.P06.005.001) (Modulo)

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• Apeiron (Rivista)