Introduction
Summary of Republic 369b–456e
The Atlantis story
Cosmology: The Work of Reason
Fundamental axioms
Science as no more than a likely account
The body of the universe
The soul of the universe
Time
The astral gods and their task (with an aside on the traditional gods)
The human soul, its disorderly movements, and reincarnation
The human body as a vehicle for the soul
Sight and hearing (with a digression on intelligent and unintelligent causes)
Cosmology: The Work of Necessity
The receptacle and the tripartite ontology
The construction of earth, water, fire, and air out of triangles
The interactions of earth, water, fire, and air
Different kinds of earth, water, fire, and air
Sensible properties and sensations, including pleasure and pain
Cosmology: The Work of Reason and Necessity
Body and soul in human beings (with a digression on divination)
The formation of bodily parts
The formation of plants
The digestive and respiratory systems (with a digression on some other phenomena)
Growth, wasting, and death
Physical and psychological maladies, and how to avoid them
Women and other creatures as reincarnated men
Conclusion