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Timaeus: How thankful I am, Socrates, that I have arrived at last, and, like a weary traveller after a long journey, may be at rest! And I pray the being who always was of old, and has now been by me revealed, to grant that my words may endure in so far as they have been spoken truly and acceptably to him; but if unintentionally I have said anything wrong, I pray that he will impose upon me a just retribution, and the just retribution of him who errs is that he should be set right. Wishing, then, to speak truly in future concerning the generation of. | Critias Plato Translator Benjamin Jowett Published -400 Categorie s Non-Fiction Philosophy Source http 1 About Plato Plato Greek Plátõn wide broad-shouldered 428 427 BC - 348 347 BC was an ancient Greek philosopher the second of the great trio of ancient Greeks -Socrates Plato originally named Aristocles and Aristotle- who between them laid the philosophical foundations of Western culture. Plato was also a mathematician writer of philosophical dialogues and founder of the Academy in Athens the first institution of higher learning in the western world. Plato is widely believed to have been a student of Socrates and to have been deeply influenced by his teacher s unjust death. Plato s brilliance as a writer and thinker can be witnessed by reading his Socratic dialogues. Some of the dialogues letters and other works that are ascribed to him are considered spurious. Plato is thought to have lectured at the Academy although the pedagogical function of his dialogues if any is not known with certainty. They have historically been used to teach philosophy logic rhetoric mathematics and other subjects about which he wrote. Source Wikipedia Also available on Feedbooks for Plato The Complete Plato -347 The Republic -380 Apology -400 Symposium -400 Charmides -400 Protagoras -400 Statesman -400 Ion -400 Meno -400 Crito -400 Note This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http Strictly for personal use do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 Timaeus How thankful I am Socrates that I have arrived at last and like a weary traveller after a long journey may be at rest And I pray the being who always was of old and has now been by me revealed to grant that my words may endure in so far as they have been spoken truly and acceptably to him but if unintentionally I have said anything wrong I pray that he will impose upon me a just retribution and the just retribution of him who errs is that he should be set right. Wishing then to speak truly in