Myth and Philosophy in Plato's Phaedrus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Myth and Philosophy in Plato's Phaedrus write by Daniel S. Werner. This book was released on 2012-07-09. Myth and Philosophy in Plato's Phaedrus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examines the role of myth in Plato's Phaedrus, arguing that it leads readers to participate in Plato's dialogues and to engage in self-examination.
Plato's Myths
Plato's Myths - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Plato's Myths write by Catalin Partenie. This book was released on 2009-02-12. Plato's Myths available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A collection of essays by eminent philosophers examining the ways in which Plato's most famous myths are interwoven with his philosophy.
Plato and Myth
Plato and Myth - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Plato and Myth write by Catherine Collobert. This book was released on 2012-02-17. Plato and Myth available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Through the contributions of specialists in the field, this volume addresses the still open question of the role and status of myth in Plato’s dialogues and thereby speaks to the broader problem of the relation between philosophy and poetic discourse.
Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought
Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought write by Tae-Yeoun Keum. This book was released on 2020-12-08. Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An ambitious reinterpretation and defense of Plato’s basic enterprise and influence, arguing that the power of his myths was central to the founding of philosophical rationalism. Plato’s use of myths—the Myth of Metals, the Myth of Er—sits uneasily with his canonical reputation as the inventor of rational philosophy. Since the Enlightenment, interpreters like Hegel have sought to resolve this tension by treating Plato’s myths as mere regrettable embellishments, irrelevant to his main enterprise. Others, such as Karl Popper, have railed against the deceptive power of myth, concluding that a tradition built on Platonic foundations can be neither rational nor desirable. Tae-Yeoun Keum challenges the premise underlying both of these positions. She argues that myth is neither irrelevant nor inimical to the ideal of rational progress. She tracks the influence of Plato’s dialogues through the early modern period and on to the twentieth century, showing how pivotal figures in the history of political thought—More, Bacon, Leibniz, the German Idealists, Cassirer, and others—have been inspired by Plato’s mythmaking. She finds that Plato’s followers perennially raised the possibility that there is a vital role for myth in rational political thinking.
Myth and Philosophy from the Presocratics to Plato
Myth and Philosophy from the Presocratics to Plato - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Myth and Philosophy from the Presocratics to Plato write by Kathryn A. Morgan. This book was released on 2000-08-17. Myth and Philosophy from the Presocratics to Plato available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores the dynamic relationship between myth and philosophy in the Presocratics, the Sophists, and in Plato - a relationship which is found to be more extensive and programmatic than has been recognized. The story of philosophy's relationship with myth is that of its relationship with literary and social convention. The intellectuals studied here wanted to reformulate popular ideas about cultural authority and they achieved this goal by manipulating myth. Their self-conscious use of myth creates a self-reflective philosophic sensibility and draws attention to problems inherent in different modes of linguistic representation. Much of the reception of Greek philosophy stigmatizes myth as 'irrational'. Such an approach ignores the important role played by myth in Greek philosophy, not just as a foil but as a mode of philosophical thought. The case studies in this book reveal myth deployed as a result of methodological reflection, and as a manifestation of philosophical concerns.
