Plato's 'Timaeus'
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PLATO'S TIMAEUS (TIMAIOS) |
Without Plato there would be no Atlantis. If the dialogues Timaeus (Timaios) and then the Critias (Kritias) ... |
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ATLANTIS AND THE NATIONS |
"The Athens and Atlantis of ancient lore represent the two faces of Plato’s own Athens. The former, the old primordial Athens, is what Plato would... |
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PSEUDOSCIENCE AND ATLANTIS |
An excellent discussion of pseudoscience by the philosopher Stephen Law of the University of London, which is very pertinent to many approaches to... |
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PLATO'S 'TIMAEUS' |
Plato first introduces the world to the Atlantis story in his work the Timaeus (Timaios). This article in the Stanford... |
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF ATLANTIS: PLATO'S IDEAL STATE |
The text book for the course is Kershaw, S.P., A Brief History of Atlantis: Plato's Ideal State, London: Robinson, 2016. It can be... |
Plato, Plato's 'Critias', Plato's 'Kritias', Plato's 'Timaeus', Plato's 'Timaios', Ancient Greek, Ancient history, Greek culture, Atlantis, Kershaw | view |
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THE PLATONIC CITY: HISTORY AND UTOPIA |
A relevant article to Plato's Atlantis story by Ives Charbit, entitled 'The Platonic City: History and Utopia'. Starting with Malthus,... |
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THE MINOAN ERUPTION OF SANTORINI |
An interesting article "Reconstructing A Catastrophe: The Minoan Eruption Of Santorini". The Late Bronze Age eruption is sometimes linked to (a)... |
Atlantis, Santorini, Thera, Late Bronze Age Eruption, Plato's 'Critias', Plato's 'Kritias', Plato's 'Timaeus', Plato's 'Timaios', Archaeology, Volcanoes, Pseudoarchaeology, Pseudoscience | view |
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ATLANTIS, PYTHGOREANISM AND STICHOMETRY |
By opening the Timaeus with the words, 'One, two, three...', Plato invited future commentators to speculate on the Pythagorean nature of his... |
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PLATO'S 'TIMAEUS': TRANSLATIONS AND COMMENTARIES |
This link takes you to a useful piece by Barbara Sattler entitled 'Plato's Timaeus: Translations and... |
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