Time, then, and the heaven came into being at the same instant in order that, having been created together, if ever there was to be a dissolution of them, they might be dissolved together.
Plato — Timaeus
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- Timaeus; translated by Benjamin Jowett; Exact wording and attribution checked. Timaeus speaks within Plato’s philosophical creation account; this is ancient metaphysics, not a modern scientific claim.
- Timaeus; translated by Benjamin Jowett
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