The Architectural Image of the World in Plato’s Timaeus
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In Plato’s Timaeus the world is described as the “perceptible image” of the “intelligible” (92c6-7), the image it seems of the intelligible “paradigm” used by the Demiurge (28ab, 29ab, 37c6-d1, 39e1) in making the world. But in what way, precisely, is the world an “image” of the intelligible paradigm? In this paper I would like to approach this question by exploring another image, one used by Plato in describing the making of the world, the image of architectural production. I will describe briefly the main steps in architectural production in Classical Greece, using literary sources (including Plato) and inscriptions from Athens and Delos: the use of paradigms (projects) by architects, the delegation and supervision of work, detailed planning in the building process, the use of prototypes. I will then note how these procedures are found in the story of the making of the world by the Demiurge and will infer the consequences as to what this might tell us about the way in which the world is an image of its intelligible paradigm.
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In Plato’s Timaeus the world is described as the “perceptible image” of the “intelligible” (92c6-7), the image it seems of the intelligible “paradigm” used by the Demiurge (28ab, 29ab, 37c6-d1, 39e1) in making the world. But in what way, precisely, is the world an “image” of the intelligible paradigm? In this paper I would like to approach this question by exploring another image, one used by Plato in describing the making of the world, the image of architectural production. I will describe briefly the main steps in architectural production in Classical Greece, using literary sources (including Plato) and inscriptions from Athens and Delos: the use of paradigms (projects) by architects, the delegation and supervision of work, detailed planning in the building process, the use of prototypes. I will then note how these procedures are found in the story of the making of the world by the Demiurge and will infer the consequences as to what this might tell us about the way in which the world is an image of its intelligible paradigm.
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