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Phoenix 48 (3), 1994, 189-209
The Atlantis Myth: An Introduction to Plato's Later Philosophy of History1994 •
In the history of literature, few stories have received as much attention as the astonishing story of Atlantis. Books on the subject runs into the thousands. Since Plato explicitly tells us the Atlantis story is “true,” the “general reader” assumes it to be so. On the other hand, the vast majority of classical scholars take the story to be what Plato explicitly denies it to be: invented myth. There have been, of course, attempts to describe the character of the story as “intermediate” between the first two, i.e., a “likely story,” or as a “synthesis” of them, i.e., a myth written in the form of a history. The most convincing exposition, in my view, of the Atlantis myth is by the French scholar Pierre Vidal-Naquet. But, at the end of his analysis, Vidal-Naquet compares Plato’s story to a game – a game that was not “serious” because for Plato history always and inevitably takes the form of a progressive degeneration, so that humanity cannot escape its destiny. In this paper I hope to show that Plato’s philosophy of history is not negative but positive, for it contains the solution to humanity’s future well being both on earth and in the afterlife. I begin --to avoid bias—by presenting the main argument of those who uphold the historical existence of Atlantis. Second, I explain how, where and why the Atlantis story is introduced in Plato’s Timaeus, as well as discussing its relation to the Republic. Third, I expound Vidal-Naquet’s thesis, which is the most convincing interpretation to date and accords with much of what I have to say on the subject. Fourth, I endeavour to show how all this fits in with Plato’s new philosophy of history – a philosophy closely connected with his own historia peri phuseos, i.e., an inquiry into the origin and evolution of the present order of things. Finally, I give a brief analysis of Plato’s theory of the mixed constitution and how such a constitution would prevent the destruction of contemporary Athens or any other state.
2019 •
I presented this paper at the 27th Annual Association for Core Texts and Courses (ACTC) Conference. I am currently writing a book on Plato's Republic, the heart of which is an interpretation of the basic structure and underlying argument of the work. To my knowledge, this interpretation is original. In this paper, I present a brief summary of a few key points of my interpretation.
2017 •
Plato's <em>Republic, </em>as the dialogue is known in English, is a classic, perhaps <em>the </em>classic investigation of the reasons why human beings form political communities —or "cities" in his terms. In the <em>Republic</em> Socrates inquires into the origins of the city in order to discover what justice "writ big" is. But in the process of constructing his "city"—or, actually, "cities"—" in speech," Socrates does not offer us a definition of justice so much as he shows us the reasons why no actual city is ever apt to be perfectly just. From Plato's <em>Republic </em>we thus understand why justice is difficult, if not impossible to achieve for communities, but may be a virtue of private individuals.
2013 •
E.Hiriart, J.Genechesi, V.Cicolani, S.Martin, S.Nieto-Pelletier, F.Olmer (eds.), Bibracte 29
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