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Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought by Tae-Yeoun Keum is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
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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
Who reads Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Tae-Yeoun Keum
- Publisher
- Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780674250185
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- History, Social Science, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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