Blogpost 2: Plato the philosopher

We have several and different beliefs, some of us don’t understand each other because of our beliefs. Beliefs can be our weakness and strengths, we can also use these beliefs to discover more interesting things and prove it to others. While researching about Atlantis, I found out that there is someone who knows about Atlantis and his name is Plato, a Greek philosopher and also a mathematician, student of Socrates and he has a student named Aristotle.

Plato introduce Atlantis in Timaeus. I read an article entitled "Plato's Timaeus" in the website "Standford Encyclopedia of philosophy". Plato describe Atlantis as a beautiful and great place. Atlantis is a powerful island and empire based in Atlantic Ocean. He said that Atlantis is not a palace, but it's rich and powerful empire that enslaved other people and subdued other people them with military force. Atlantis has advanced civilization. Plato is a great philosopher who believes that Atlantis really exist. Plato describe Atlantis as ideal place. The city of Atlantis sat just outside the outer ring of water and spread across the plain covering a circle of 11 miles. I also read an article entitled "The Atlantis Secret" by Allan F. Alford in the website "Bibliotecapleyades". Based on Plato's saying, Atlantis was destroyed around 9650 BC. Atlantis is very wide, the island is lager than Libya and Asia together. The city of Atlantis has a very great structure. Plato believes the engineers who made the structure of Atlantis is perfectly professionals. The walls, floor and the equipment that used to build the city of Atlantis is perfectly made for the ideal place. Until now, the mystery about Atlantis can't be solve now.

I also read some article entitled "Atlantis - Plato's Atlantis From the Timaeus" By N.S. GillThis in the website "About.com". This article proves that there are many philosopher have different beliefs about the lost city of Atlantis. Atlantis legend is more about the heroic Athens than a sunken civilization. I found a quote by Plato. He said that "Then listen, Socrates, to a strange tale, which is, however, certainly true." This quotes means tales, fables or theories in the some point is true. You can't just throw away an idea about a topic so you must believe in what you believe and prove it to others. Discover the things you want to discover and make some move to prove in what you believe. Many people believes in Plato's philosophy but some are not. Some people don't believe that Atlantis doesn't exist. But as Plato believes I also believe that Atlantis is really existing in Earth, and I want to find out that what I believe is true.  Yes, there are many theories about Atlantis and it makes me more interested in this topic. Now, I'll continue finding out the mystery inside Atlantis.