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This book explores the complex relationship between myth and philosophy in writings by Greek intellectuals between the late sixth and mid fourth centuries BC. It shows how Plato and other philosophers used myth to express philosophic problems and traces a tradition of strictly rational and philosophical myth through two centuries. Content: Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Theoretical issues; 3 Some Presocratics; 4 The sophists and their contemporaries; 5 The Protagoras: Platonic myth in the making; 6 The range of Platonic myth; 7 Plato: myth and the soul; 8 Plato: myth and theory; 9 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of passages cited; General index. Abstract: This book explores the complex relationship between myth and philosophy in writings by Greek intellectuals between the late sixth and mid fourth centuries BC. It shows how Plato and other philosophers used myth to express philosophic problems and traces a tradition of strictly rational and philosophical myth through two centuries

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Author

Kathryn A Morgan; NetLibrary, Inc

Publisher

Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780511035203

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Science, History