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Plato the Myth Maker
Luc Brisson
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Paperback. In this text, Luc Brisson reconstructs Plato's multifaceted and not uncritical description of "muthos" in light of the latter's famous Atlantis story. He also contrasts this sense of myth, as Plato does, with another form of speech which he believed was far superior: the "logos" of philosophy. Editor(s): Naddaf, Gerard. Translator(s): Naddaf, Gerard. Num Pages: 188 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
We think of a myth as a fictional story, and Plato was the first to use the term muthos in that sense. But Plato also used muthos to describe the practice of making and telling myths, the oral transmission of all that a community keeps in its collective memory. In the first part of this text, Luc Brisson reconstructs Plato's multifaceted and not uncritical description of muthos in light of the latter's famous Atlantis story. The second part of the book contrasts this sense of myth, as Plato does, with another form of speech ... Read more
We think of a myth as a fictional story, and Plato was the first to use the term muthos in that sense. But Plato also used muthos to describe the practice of making and telling myths, the oral transmission of all that a community keeps in its collective memory. In the first part of this text, Luc Brisson reconstructs Plato's multifaceted and not uncritical description of muthos in light of the latter's famous Atlantis story. The second part of the book contrasts this sense of myth, as Plato does, with another form of speech ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
188
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Weight
345 g
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226075198
SKU
V9780226075198
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About Luc Brisson
Luc Bisson is the directeur de recherche at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and vice president of the International Plato Society. Gerard Naddaf is an associate professor of philosophy at York University.
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