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Critias
Plato · translated by Benjamin Jowett
Critias begins the story of a war between ancient Athens and the island power of Atlantis. The dialogue breaks off unfinished.
The Critias is an unfinished dialogue that follows the Timaeus. Critias describes ancient Athens and then the island of Atlantis, its kings, its city and its laws, before the text breaks off.
This edition is the English translation by Benjamin Jowett.
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PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: Critias, Hermocrates, Timaeus, Socrates.
TIMAEUS: How thankful I am, Socrates, that I have arrived at last, and, like a weary traveller after a long journey, may be at rest! And I pray the being who always was of old, and has now been by me revealed, to grant that my words may endure in so far as they have been spoken truly and acceptably to him; but if unintentionally I have said anything wrong, I pray that he will impose upon me a just retribution, and the just retribution of him who errs is that he should be set right. Wishing, then, to speak truly in future concerning the generation of the gods, I pray him to give me knowledge, which of all medicines is the most perfect and best. And now having offered my prayer I deliver up the argument to Critias, who is to speak next according to our agreement. (Tim.)
Contents
- 01Introduction and Analysis.
- 02Critias.
About this edition
- Author
- Plato
- Translator
- Benjamin Jowett
- Era
- Ancient (to c. 500)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 25 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers