The veracity of the story of Plato, Critias, Socrates
for Atlantis (1)
Plato provides us, in the Timaeus and Critias dialogues, with various other valuable historical facts to consider ON THIS SUBJECT. I'm writing one of these for now:
Critias begins his dialogue about Atlantis:
"HEAR, then, Socrates, a most strange but also most true speech, as once told by Solon, the wisest of the seven sages...".
Below Socrates answers:
"... and that this speech is not a false myth but a true speech is a great thing...".
At another point, Plato insists on the truth of his narration saying:
"For the heavenly and divine, when someone speaks to us in generalities, we are pleased. Mortal and human things we examine accurately"
It is striking, however, that Critias insists 22 times in his dialogues that his narrative is authentic. He adds that Solon had taken notes, from what the Egyptian priests told him, in order to write a related poem and that these notes ended up in his possession
