Plato first wrote about Atlantis in ancient times, describing it as an advanced civilization located beyond the Pillars of Hercules in the Atlantic Ocean. According to Plato, Atlantis was larger than Ancient Libya and Asia Minor combined, with mountainous areas, farms, and resources like elephants. Some scientists believe that volcanic eruptions destroyed Atlantis in a cataclysmic event. There is still debate about whether Atlantis actually existed or was entirely fictional.

3. What is
Atlantis ?
•A very fam
ous wise m
an
who lived a long tim ago
e
P
lato wrote about a place
called Atlantis
• The story goes that Atlantis
was a very special place of
learning. It was a very good
place to live.

4. Underwater Theory
S e
om
volcanologists
and
seism
ologists gathered data
and said Atlantis
was
destroyed cataclysm which is :
Violent upheaval that causes
great destruction or brings
about a fundam
ental change.
A volcano erupted and it was a

6. Atlantis Philosophy :
Plato
Greek philosopher, P
lato talked of
Atlantis as if it were in heaven.
The resources said that “ H
is
description were of huge island,
larger than L
ibya and Asia put
together. It had great m
ountain
ranges, great plains and plenty of
anim
als , like elephants &
gardens filled with m splendor
ore

7. Plato’s Philosophy
continued
P
lato put Atlantis in the ocean & then
there was a conflict if it was real
because of its location on the lost
continent. There is no known person
who anybody knew for sure who kept
this story going but it states “E
gyptians
helped to preserve the story with their
tablets and sacred achieves”. It also

8. Fact or Fiction
Argument
There are still argum and
ent
doubts going on if it was a fable

9. Discovered ?
Years and years later, the city of
Atlantis was discovered. R
esearchers
were convinced that they have found
it. It was believed that people of
Atlantis city were hiding there

10. Plato….!!

11. About Plato !
P
lato was a Greek philosopher, gave
us first known account of Atlantis.
P
lato was said to have lived from
about 428-348 B H was a student
C. e
of S
ocrates. After studying S
ocrates
he opened his own philosophy
school. There he began to write
philosophies in a play type form
.
These dialogues always featured
S
ocrates as m
ain character. In his

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