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From Sacred Origins to Philosophical Fictions: Myth, Truth, and the Religious Imaginary in Plato - Couverture souple

Demir, Abdullah

 
9798899660924: From Sacred Origins to Philosophical Fictions: Myth, Truth, and the Religious Imaginary in Plato
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ISBN 13 : 9798899660924
Editeur : BAYSHOP (Generis Publishing), 2025

Synopsis

In From Sacred Origins to Philosophical Fictions: Myth, Truth, and the Religious Imaginary in Plato, the author reconsiders the deep interrelation between myth (mythos) and reason (logos) in Plato’s thought, arguing against the conventional narrative that presents philosophy as a rational departure from archaic myth-making. Drawing on key Platonic dialogues (Timaeus, Phaedrus, Phaedo, Republic, and Laws), the work demonstrates how Plato reconfigures myth not as an irrational residue but as a symbolic and necessary mode of philosophical discourse. Myth, according to the author, serves as an imaginative medium that articulates metaphysical, ethical, and cosmological truths beyond the limits of dialectical exposition. Through engagement with figures such as Homer and Hesiod, and interpretive frameworks drawn from Luc Brisson, Pierre Hadot, and Jean-Pierre Vernant, the book situates Platonic myth within the broader poetic and religious traditions of ancient Greece. It reveals how myth operates in Plato as an ontological and pedagogical instrument—guiding the soul through recollection (anamnesis), ascent (anagōgē), and return (epistrophē) to the intelligible realm.

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Éditeur
BAYSHOP (Generis Publishing)
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 13 
9798899660924
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
66
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