Proclus's commentary on this text explains that dianoia, or discursive thought, is superior to doxa, or opinion, because it can comprehend causes. In his Hexameron, Thierry of Chartres interpreted the Book of Genesis in the context of this work's natural philosophy. During the Middle Ages, it was known mainly through a partial translation and commentary by Calcidius. This work claims that a "Living Thing" of abstract forms is the basis of the visible universe, which is situated in a spatial field, or chora. It describes the creation of order in the universe through the
Proclus's commentary on this text explains that dianoia, or discursive thought, is superior to doxa, or opinion, because it can comprehend causes. In his Hexameron, Thierry of Chartres interpreted the Book of Genesis in the context of this work's natural philosophy. During the Middle Ages, it was known mainly through a partial translation and commentary by Calcidius. This work claims that a "Living Thing" of abstract forms is the basis of the visible universe, which is situated in a spatial field, or chora. It describes the creation of order in the universe through the world-soul created by the demiurge. This dialogue is the only completed member of a projected trilogy of dialogues, which would also have included Hermocrates and Critias. This dialogue gives the universe the shape of a dodecahedron while claiming that the particles of the four elements are shaped like the other Platonic solids. For 10 points, name this Platonic dialogue that also discusses Atlantis.