PLATO’S COSMOS AS A PHYSICAL-MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE
This article offers an analysis of Plato’s notions of the formation and organization of creation. Plato’s cosmological constructions are compared with other ancient-biblical, Buddhist, and Taoist-cosmologies. It is shown that the main points of Plato’s cosmological theory can be given interpretations in terms of modern scientific concepts, and a corresponding model can be constructed on this basis.