Thorwald C. Franke
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Thorwald C. Franke's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month ago
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Thorwald C. Franke deposited The Dark Side of Atlantis Scepticism in the group
Ancient Historiography on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month agoIn our days, the interpretation of Plato’s Atlantis story as an invention of Plato is prevailing in academic scholarship. Atlantis scepticism is the choice of the bright side of life, so to say. Closely connected to the good feeling of being on the bright side is the depiction of Atlantis belief as dark and dangerous. Atlantis believers are c…[Read more]
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Thorwald C. Franke deposited The Dark Side of Atlantis Scepticism on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month ago
In our days, the interpretation of Plato’s Atlantis story as an invention of Plato is prevailing in academic scholarship. Atlantis scepticism is the choice of the bright side of life, so to say. Closely connected to the good feeling of being on the bright side is the depiction of Atlantis belief as dark and dangerous. Atlantis believers are c…[Read more]
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Thorwald C. Franke's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month ago
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Thorwald C. Franke posted an update on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month ago
My approach is to show that academia could accept Plato’s Atlantis as a real place on the basis of its very own methods, such as philology or historical criticism.