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    Critias ( / ˈkrɪtiəs /; Greek: Κριτίας, Kritias; c. 460 – 403 BC) was an ancient Athenian poet, philosopher and political leader. He is known today for being a student of Socrates, a writer of some regard, and for becoming the leader of the Thirty Tyrants, who ruled Athens for several months after the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War in 404/403.

  2. Critias. By Plato. Commentary: Many comments have been posted about Critias . Download: A 37k text-only version is available for download . Critias. By Plato. Written 360 B.C.E. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Persons of the Dialogue.

  3. Critias, the political figure, author, and philosopher, stands as one of the most controversial and enigmatic figures of fifth-century BC Athens. Critias’ one significant and original contribution appears to have been a clear distinction between perception through the senses (aisthanomai) and understanding through the mind (gnômê). While ...

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  5. Critias (/ ˈ k r ɪ t i ə s /; Greek: Κριτίας), one of Plato's late dialogues, recounts the story of the mighty island kingdom Atlantis and its attempt to conquer Athens, which failed due to the ordered society of the Athenians. Critias is the second of a projected trilogy of dialogues, preceded by Timaeus and followed by Hermocrates.

  6. Another Sophist, Critias (5th century bce), considered religion to have been invented to frighten humans into adhering to morality and justice. Plato was not averse to providing new myths to perform this same social function—as is seen in his conception of the “noble lie,” or the invention…

  7. Jul 31, 2019 · Critias of Athens (c. 460–404/3 BCE), a relative of Plato’s and scion of an elite family that counted Solon among its kin, is now best remembered for three things: an intellectual association with Socrates that ended unhappily; authorship of the so-called “Sisyphus” fragment, among the earliest extant presentations of atheism, and thus ...

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