Boreasi
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posted 03-16-2006 09:21 AM
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Cicero,
Unfortunately you have obviously no idea about the typical errors in ancient texts and what was the context of thinking of them. What could ancient people believe, what not?
You should obviously learn a lot about that, then you will be able to study Plato in a better way. If you`re able to ask for some assistance I can recomend you send Riven a PM.
[ 03-16-2006, 09:24 AM: Message edited by: Boreasi ]
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cicero
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Rate Member posted 03-16-2006 01:13 PM
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Originally posted by Apollo:
> If you are one of the many who choose to ignore
> both the geography as well as the naming in the
> ocean in the dialogues, then, as I said earlier,
> you are not looking for Atlantis.
Well, I already said it: There are two possibilities:
a) We assume, that Plato did not write down an errornous story. Then it is clear: It is not true. There is no such island in the Atlantic Ocean. You can search, where you want. There is no way out.
b) We assume the possibility, that Plato or the priests etc. made mistakes. Then we FIRST can try to investigate these errors themselves. And SECONDLY we can try to investigate Atlantis elsewhere.
The rest is pseudo-science.
Thorwald
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cicero
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Rate Member posted 03-16-2006 01:26 PM
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Originally posted by Apollo:
> In the first place, the highest probabability of
> errors occuring would not be when the story was
> first relayed, but it would be during it's
> various copying over the years.
Wrong. The highes probability is oral tradition and translation. But not copying.
> As for the other dialogues, Boreasi is correct
> in assuming that they were lost to the world
> until they were rediscovered in about the
> thirteenth century, and they weren't discovered
> in Greek, but in Arabic.
Wrong. We have the complete texts in Greek.
> After they were re-discovered, they were
> translated into a host of different languages,
> among them ancient Greek,
Amusing :-)))
> I trust that answers your question.
O yes, thanks *smile*
Thorwald
