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270 Str. We cannot help believing that of all the changes which take place in the heavens this reversal is the greatest and most complete.

270 Y. Soc. It certainly seems to be so.

270 Str. Therefore we must also believe that at the same time the greatest changes come upon us who dwell within the heavens.

270 Y. Soc. That is likely too.

270 Str. And animals cannot well endure many great and various changes at once. That is a familiar fact, is it not?

270 Y. Soc. Of course.

270 Str. Inevitably, then, there is at that time great destruction of animals in general, and only a small part of the human race survives; and the survivors have many experiences wonderful and strange, the greatest of which, a consequence of the reversal of everything at the time when the world begins to turn in the direction opposed to that of its present revolution, is this. The tale of Atreus introduces the fanciful theory of the reversal of the revolution of the heavenly bodies, and this, especially in an age when the stars were believed to exercise a direct influence upon mankind and other creatures, naturally brings with it the reversal of all processes of growth. This leads to a new birth of mankind, and the Stranger then briefly describes the age of innocence, the fall of man and the barbarism that follows, and the partial restoration of man through divine interposition and the gift of the various arts of civilization. Plato does not offer this as a real explanation of the existing condition of the world, but it serves, like the myths introduced in other dialogues to present, in connection with accepted mythology, a theory which may account for some of the facts of life.

270 Y. Soc. What is that experience?

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