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Critias (Greek Κριτίας, 460-403 BC), was born in Athens, son of Callaeschrus, was the uncle of Plato, leading member of the Thirty Tyrants, and one of the most violent. He was an associate of Socrates, a fact that did not endear Socrates to the Athenian public. He was noted in his day for his tragedies, elegies and prose works. Some, like Sextus Empiricus, believe that Critias authored the Sisyphus fragment; others, however, attribute it to Euripides. PLATO was one of the first generalized Computer assisted instruction systems, originally built by the University of Illinois (U of I) and later taken over by Control Data Corporation (CDC), who provided the machines it ran on. ...
The Thirty Tyrants were a pro-Spartan oligarchy installed in Athens after Athens defeat in the Peloponnesian War in April 404 BC. Its two leading members were Tharamenes and Critias, a former acolyte of Socrates. ...
Socrates (Greek: ΣωκÏάτης, invariably anglicized as , SÇ’cratÄ“s; 470–399 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher who is widely credited for laying the foundation for Western philosophy. ...
Sextus Empiricus (fl. ...
The Sisyphus fragment is an 42-line excerpt in iambic trimeter from an ancient Greek satyr play written either by Euripides or Critias. ...
A statue of Euripides Euripides (Greek: ΕυÏιπίδης) (c. ...
Critias appears as a character in Plato's dialogues Charmides and Protagoras. The Critias character in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias is often identified as the son of Callaeschrus - but not by Plato; and given the old age of the Critias in these two dialogues, he must be the grandfather of the son of Callaeschrus. The Charmides (Greek: ) is a dialogue of Plato, discussing the nature and utility of temperance. ...
Protagoras is the title of one of Platos dialogues. ...
Timaeus is a theoretical treatise of Plato in the form of a Socratic dialogue, written circa 360 BC The work puts forward speculation on the nature of the physical world. ...
Critias, a dialogue of Platos, speaks about a variety of subjects. ...
Critias was a very dark person in Athenian history. After the fall of Athens to the Spartans he blacklisted many of its citizens as a leading member of the Thirty Tyrants. Most of his prisoners were executed and their wealth was confiscated. He proved to be a tormented personality with many complexes and much hatred in contrast to the Platonic figure described as the student of Socrates. It is speculated that the pro-democratic public considered all Socrates associates as a group of people who destroyed their city and it might be that Critias tried to take his own revenge when he came to this dictatotic power The Thirty Tyrants were a pro-Spartan oligarchy installed in Athens after Athens defeat in the Peloponnesian War in April 404 BC. Its two leading members were Tharamenes and Critias, a former acolyte of Socrates. ...
Socrates (Greek: ΣωκÏάτης, invariably anglicized as , SÇ’cratÄ“s; 470–399 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher who is widely credited for laying the foundation for Western philosophy. ...
Socrates (Greek: ΣωκÏάτης, invariably anglicized as , SÇ’cratÄ“s; 470–399 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher who is widely credited for laying the foundation for Western philosophy. ...
References - Davies, J. K. (1971). Athenian propertied families 600-300 BC. London: Oxford University Press.
- Rosenmeyer, Thomas G. (1949). "The family of Critias". American Journal of Philology 70: 404-410.
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The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy is an online encyclopedia on philosophical topics and philosophers founded by James Fieser in 1995. ...
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