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This book focuses on two central topics that could help us answer how Plato conceives of the physical world and its relationship to Forms. The first one is the Platonic concept of time. What is it, how is it defined, what is it not, and how does it help us describe the changing realities surrounding us? The second one is Platos understanding of the perceptible world. How is it related to Forms, and how exactly does it work? These are central, wide-ranging, and highly contested questions garnering attention in recent Platonic scholarship. This book brings together an international team that aims to offer bold, innovative, and thought-provoking answers to these questions. The nine contributions in this book represent a diverse range of starting points, methodologies, and interpretative traditions whose collective aim is to challenge assumptions about Platos philosophy and help the reader rethink and revisit the Platonic corpus with fresh eyes.

Offers new interpretations of the old Platonic puzzles regarding the nature of time and the status of the physical worldBrings the reader a step closer to grasping the riddles of Plato´s concepts of time and physical creationRevisits the hard questions of Platonic cosmology which are discussed in a fresh and inspirative way