Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought /
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 inven...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2020]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Introduction: Plato's Legacy and the Problem of Myth in Political Thought
- PART ONE. POLITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL BOUNDARIES
- 1 Nature and Myth in Plato's Republic
- 2 The Utopian Founding Myths of More and Bacon
- 3 An Enlightenment Fable: Leibniz and the Boundaries of Reason
- PART TWO. MYTH AND MODERNITY
- 4 The New Mythology of German Idealism
- 5 The Demon of the City: Cassirer on Myth and Plato
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index