The Timaeus
摘要
This chapter investigates the status of δόξα in Plato’s Timaeus, where the interplay between myth and philosophy complicates epistemological analysis. Four arguments are examined: The Ontological Premise (27e–28a), which grounds the cosmological account in distinctions necessary for later inquiry; The World Soul Argument (36e–37c), which expands the epistemological framework; The Human Soul Argument (44b–47b; 86b–87b), combining two complementary accounts of human genesis; and The Receptacle Argument (49d–51e), which further refines the distinction between νοῦς and δόξα through an ontological partition. The chapter concludes by addressing the guiding questions of the study in light of these analyses, highlighting the hybrid nature of knowledge and belief in the Timaeus.