Plato's dialogue Timaeus (as a character related to the Atlantis story)
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Plato's dialogue "Timaeus" is a philosophical work in which characters such as Critias recount the legendary story of Atlantis within a broader cosmological and metaphysical discussion.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Timaeus (character) | 0 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Platonic dialogue character
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fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Timaeus (dialogue) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Pythagorean philosophy ⓘ |
| conversesWith |
Critias (character)
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Hermocrates (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ Socrates (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| dialogueSetting | Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discussesTopic |
Demiurge
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World Soul NERFINISHED ⓘ cosmology ⓘ creation of the universe ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ |
| genreContext | Platonic cosmological myth ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hellenistic philosophical traditions
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later Platonist cosmology ⓘ medieval cosmology through the dialogue Timaeus ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | vehicle for Plato’s cosmological doctrines ⓘ |
| name | Timaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRelationToAtlantis | present at recounting of Atlantis story ⓘ |
| narrativeRoleRelativeToAtlantis | secondary to Critias as narrator of Atlantis ⓘ |
| ontologicalStatus | fictionalized representation of a Pythagorean thinker ⓘ |
| origin | Locri in Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalFunction |
expounder of a mathematical-cosmological model
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interpreter of divine craftsmanship in the cosmos ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
human soul and body
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nature of time ⓘ relationship between intelligible and sensible realms ⓘ structure of the physical elements ⓘ |
| relatedMyth | Atlantis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Critias (dialogue) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
cosmological expositor
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principal speaker ⓘ |
| textualPosition | speaker of the central monologue in the dialogue ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalSetting | classical Athens ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Critias (the elder cousin of Charmides)
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Plato's dialogue Timaeus (as a character related to the Atlantis story)
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subject surface form:
Critias