Plato's theological astronomy II. The Laws: an old man looking back

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Jun 1999

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Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (ISSN 1440-2807), Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 21-31 (1999).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Plato'S The Laws, Observational Astronomy, Evolution Of Astronomy, Souls And Motion, Order

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In The Laws, Plato considered astronomy as socially necessary but espoused a metaphysical model for the heavens, in which celestial motions were due to souls of gods. He furthermore reasoned against physical philosophers whose ideas he found dangerous for the youth. His views on astronomy and on the necessity "to ignore the visible heavens" have been vividly discussed over the last 150 years. For more than 20 centuries astronomy was characterized by the Platonic spirit, according to which there is no need for observations but only for metaphysical theories. However Plato was not actually concerned with astronomy and, by extension, natural sciences in general; his central interest focused on how to govern his perfect state.

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