Hermione Wrote:
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> ealdred Wrote:
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> ...
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> > "Lots and lots of people have located Atlantis
> in
> > lots and lots of places. [en.wikipedia.org]"
> >
> > Yes but there can only be One place the is the
> > Only best true match.
>
> Yes. Inside Plato's head.
>
> He was a moral philosopher. His motivation on
> beginning the text (which was never properly
> finished) was to forcefully bring home to the
> people of Athens the dire consequences of
> immoderate and unwise behaviour - greed, etc.
>
> So, as part of this, he devised - invented - the
> tale of Atlantis. Bear in mind: he was writing a
> work of moral philosophy, not some latterday blog
> about a mysterious lost land that everyone should
> immediately start looking for.
>
> Not that that's stopped ill-advised commentators
> picking up the ball and running with it, and
> missing the original point completely.
Exactly Plato would probably be annoyed that people are paying more attention to the background than to the play.