Episode 6 Plato & Cosmology & Quantum Theory 

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Here are the subjects I discussed & music I've written inspired by these topics tonight.

Opus Magnanimous. History of the Cosmos in MUSIC by Harris Shilakowsky 

What is Plato's view on the cosmos? 

Plato's Cosmology and its Ethical Dimensions 

How did Plato think the universe was created? (The Earth is a buncha cubes) 

The Creation of the World 

Plato's Universe 

Plato's Influence on Twentieth Century Thinkers 

Plato's Mathematical model of the Universe – Space and Time 

How is quantum theory used today? 

Aristotle's Influences on people from the Middle Ages to the Present 

The Gaia Project 

Fun with the Zodiac

HERE are the sources that I used in my research in preparation for this podcast! Please visit these and learn lots more fun stuff.

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato-timaeus/ 

Plato's Cosmology and its Ethical Dimensions | Reviews 

https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/plato-s-cosmology-and-its-ethical-dimensions/#:~:text=Plato's%20cosmological%20thought%2C%20in%20a,and%20psychological%2C%20that%20are%20cyclical. 

Plato was right: Earth is made, on average, of cubes - ScienceDaily 

https://www.sciencedaily.com › releases › 2020/07 

The Creation of the World - Plato on Reality & Goodness 

https://www.coursera.org/lecture/plato/the-creation-of-the-world-7miao 

Plato Influenced Others 

Chapter 4: Plato's Universe 

https://physics.bgsu.edu › Spacetime4 

Werner Heisenberg https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1932/heisenberg/biographical/ 

Plato's Mathematical model of the Universe – Space and Time 

https://www.faculty.umb.edu/gary_zabel/Courses/Phil%20281b/Philosophy%20of%20Magic/Arcana/Renaissance/PlatoSolid.htm 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_dodecahedron 

https://www.physics.ncsu.edu/classes/astron/constellations.html#:~:text=These%2012%20constellations%2C%20Aries%2C%20Taurus,familiar%20to%20you%20through%20astrology. 

​​http://faculty.washington.edu/smcohen/320/fire.htm 

http://faculty.washington.edu/smcohen/320/earth.htm 

Johannes Kepler, “Harmonies of the World”, translated by Charles Glenn Wallis, Great Books of the Western World, Vol. 16, (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1952), pp. 1017-18. 

Heisenberg, Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science 

New Scientist (October, 2003). See www.newscientist.com/news 

Plato, Timaeus 37c-38b 

https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/can-quantum-physics-be-helpful-to-lead-a-better-life-1400260-2018-12-01 

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_cosmology 

https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level2/cosmology.html#:~:text=Aristotle%2C%20who%20lived%20from%20384,the%20Greeks%20of%20his%20time. 

https://www.britannica.com/science/universe/The-Copernican-revolution 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia 

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia 

https://www.allure.com/ various excerpts about signs of the Zodiac and how they present.

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