Myth and Philosophy from the Presocratics to Plato

Kathryn A. (University of California, Los Angeles) Morgan

Cambridge University Press, 2007

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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.

ISBN-13
9780521033282
ISBN-10
0521033284
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
Publication date
2007-01-18
Pages
324
Dimensions
158x228x19
Weight
482