Atlantis (was: Re: [UA] Commercial)

[Royal Minister of Stuff]

--- Nick Wedig <mrteapot at disinfo.net> wrote:
> >> The thing is, Socrates says 
> >
> >You did mean Plato, didn't you?  Because if not, 
> I'm confused.  :)
> 
> Plato wrote the thing, but Socrates actually says
> the claims in the dialogues.  He's like the lead
> character in a play.  In some of the dialouges, you
> can speak of their opinions nearly interchangeably
> (though in others not).
> 
> >Great, now I'm getting interested in tracking down
> the history of belief
> >in the existance of Atlantis.  So far Ignatius
> Donnelly's "Atlantis -
> >The Antediluvian World" is the oldest non-Platonian
> reference I can
> >find.  However, reading it gives an impression that
> this has been
> >discussed before.
> 
> I'm unaware of any other primary sources about
> Atlantis (that is, people not using other sources as
> evidence of Atlantis, but just saying "I saw it" or
> similar)
> 
> Perhaps the Sleepers just eliminated all memory of
> these other sources, leaving only books quoting each
> other, but no actual information.
> 
> Mr. Teapot
> sleeper agent

I don't like to think of sleepers as being that
powerful. (Not powerful enough to erase history, mind
you, just being powerful enough to seduce Wedig into
being an agent scares me.)

=====
-- Rp Bowman, Royal Minister of Stuff
The Electronic Nation of Yokeltania:
http://www.geocities.com/yokeltania/

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail
http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

_______________________________________________
UA mailing list
UA at lists.uchicago.edu
http://lists.uchicago.edu/mailman/listinfo/ua