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The Critias is a fragment which breaks off in the middle of a sentence. It was designed to be the second part of a trilogy, which, like the other great Platonic trilogy of the Sophist, Statesman, Philosopher, was never completed. Timaeus had brought down the origin of the world to the creation of man, and the dawn of history was now to succeed the philosophy of nature. The Critias is also connected with the Republic. Plato, as he has already told us (Tim.), intended to represent the ideal state engaged in a patriotic conflict. This mythical conflict is prophetic or symbolical of the struggle of. | Critias tr Benjamin Jowett 1 Critias tr Benjamin Jowett The Project Gutenberg Etext of Critias by Plato Translated by Benjamin Jowett 2 in our series by Plato Copyright laws are changing all over the world be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before posting these files Please take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk keeping an electronic path open for the next readers. Do not remove this. Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts Etexts Readable By Both Humans and By Computers Since 1971 These Etexts Prepared By Hundreds of Volunteers and Donations Information on contacting Project Gutenberg to get Etexts and further information is included below. We need your donations. Critias by Plato Translated by Benjamin Jowett December 1998 Etext 1571 The Project Gutenberg Etext of Critias by Plato This file should be named or Corrected EDITIONS of our etexts get a new NUMBER VERSIONS based on separate sources get new LETTER This etext was prepared by Sue Asscher asschers@ Project Gutenberg Etexts are usually created from multiple editions all of which are in the Public Domain in the United States unless a copyright notice is included. Therefore we do NOT keep these books in compliance with any particular paper edition usually otherwise. We are now trying to release all our books one month in advance of the official release dates for time for better editing. Please note neither this list nor its contents are final till midnight of the last day of the month of any such announcement. The official release date of all Project Gutenberg Etexts is at Midnight Central Time of the last day of the stated month. A preliminary version may often be posted for suggestion comment and editing by those who wish to do so. To be sure you have an up to date first edition please check file sizes in the first week of the .