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Provides a good starting point for anyone wanting to learn more about the Atlantis myth.\" -- Judy Justice, Midwest Book Review, Mar. 2002 (Reviewer's Choice)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSAMPLE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCRITIAS: Consider then, Socrates, if this narrative is suited to the purpose, or whether we should seek for some other instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSOCRATES: And what other, Critias, can we find that will be better than this, which is natural and suitable to the festival of the goddess, and has the very great advantage of being a fact and not a fiction? How or where shall we find another if we abandon this? 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