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Plato's 'Timaeus'

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Link PLATO'S TIMAEUS (TIMAIOS)

Without Plato there would be no Atlantis. If the dialogues Timaeus (Timaios) and then the Critias (Kritias) ...

Plato, Plato's 'Timaeus', Plato's 'Timaios', Atlantis, Pseudoarchaeology, Pseudoscience, Greek philosophy view
Link 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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Link 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...

Atlantis, Pseudoscience, Pseudoarchaeology, Plato, Plato's 'Critias', Plato's 'Timaeus', Plato's 'Kritias', Plato's 'Timaios' view
Link 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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Link 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
Link 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,...

Atlantis, Utopia, Plato, Plato's 'Critias', Plato's 'Kritias', Plato's 'Timaeus', Plato's 'Timaios' view
Link 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
Link 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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Link 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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