This is an English translation of Plato's dialogue concerning
speculation on the nature of the physical world and human beings.
An extensive introduction provides careful insights to the reading
of the work, the nature of Platonic dialogue and the cultural
background of the Timaeus. Appendices on music, astronomy and
geometry further provide guidance to the central thoughts of the
dialogue. The glossary provides cross references and discussion for
key words in the dialogue, functioning as springboards into the
various concepts and ideas that are central to this and other
Platonic dialogues and are useful starting points for any classroom
discussion or personal thought. Focus Philosophical Library
translations are close to and are non-interpretative of the
original text, with the notes and a glossary intending to provide
the reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they
were understood by Plato's immediate audience.