Plato saw in Mathematics something more than numbers and shapes. He considered it the language of the soul, a way in which the mind touches the timeless and the perfect.
In his Academy, under the olive trees of Athens, a new conception of knowledge was born: the pursuit of measure, proof, and harmony as a path to truth.
The book "Plato and the Mathematics of the World" takes the reader through the great chapters of Platonic thought: the Allegory of the Cave, the analytic method, the Delian problem, geometric loci, the astronomy of laws, and the wonderful harmony of numbers and solids.
Through words, images, and meditations, the reader sees how Plato's philosophy gave birth to science: how proof was born from observation and the idea was born from form.
The book is addressed to young people and readers of all ages who love Mathematics, Philosophy, and the Harmony of the World.
Because, as Plato himself would say, "By learning to measure the world, we learn to measure ourselves."
Manufacturer
- Author
- THomas Malamis
- Publisher
- Zitros
- Preschool Book
- -
- Language
- Greek
- Type
- Sciences
- Theme
- Sciences
- Subtitle
- -
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 118
- Series
- Images
- Release Date
- 12/2025
- Publication Date
- 2025
- Dimensions
- -
- Book Type
- -
- ISBN-13
- 9789606492266
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