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Listen to the full audiobook free with a 30-day trial at http://hotaudiobook.com/free/257501 Title: Timaeus Author: Plato Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs 52 mins Language: English Release date: 2016-01-01 Publisher: LibriVox Genres: Fiction & Literature, Fairy Tales & Folklore Publisher's Summary: Our intention is, that Timaeus, who is the most of an astronomer amongst us, and has made the nature of the universe his special study, should speak first, beginning with the generation of the world and going down to the creation of man... 'Timaeus' is usually regarded as one of Plato's later dialogues, and provides an account of the creation of the universe, with physical, metaphysical and ethical dimensions, which had great influence over philosophers for centuries following. It attributes the order and beauty of the universe to a benevolent demiurge - a 'craftsman' or god - fashioning the physical world after the pattern of an ideal, eternal one. The dramatic setting of the dial