Note 70 — Chapter XXXVIII · TIMÆUS AND KRITIAS.
Reading edition
Plato, Timæus, p. 53 B. τὸ δὲ ᾗ δυνατὸν ὡς κάλλιστα ἄριστά τε ἐξ οὐχ οὕτως ἐχόντων τὸν θεὸν αὐτὰ ξυνιστάναι, παρὰ πάντα ἡμῖν, ὡς ἀεί, τοῦτο λεγόμενον ὑπαρχέτω.
This is the hypothesis pervading all the Timæus — construction the best and finest which the case admitted. The limitations accompany the assumed purpose throughout.