How long does it take to read Timaeus?
Timaeus by Plato takes about 5 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Platonic dialogue
Next: Lysis
About 5 hours 8 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1520. 280 pages, about 77,000 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 163 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Latin translation and commentary by Calcidius of a metaphysical dialogue of Plato, the Timaeus. For 800 years the only extensive text of Plato known in the Latin West.
Subjects: Metaphysics, Cosmology, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy, ancient, Ancient Cosmology, Philosophy
