Plato the myth maker - Info and Reading Options
By Luc Brisson
"Plato the myth maker" was published by University of Chicago Press in 1998 - Chicago, Ill, it has 188 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Plato the myth maker” Metadata:
- Title: Plato the myth maker
- Author: Luc Brisson
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 188
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- Publish Date: 1998
- Publish Location: Chicago, Ill
“Plato the myth maker” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ myth - greece - greek - philosophy - plato - epicurean - history - religion - mythology - muthos - philosophia - Aristotle - stoics - new academy - neoplatonic - athens - byzantine - pagan - middle ages - renaissance - Mythen - 08.21 Ancient philosophy - Mythe - 18.43 ancient Greek literature - Philosophy, ancient
- People: Plato
- Places: Athens
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: lv, 188 p. ;
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL349392M - OL1699535W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 39313416
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 98008641
- ISBN-10: 0226075184
- All ISBNs: 0226075184
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"Plato the myth maker" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Translator's Introduction
- 2- A Note on the Translation
- 3- List of Abbreviations
- 4- Preface to the Second Edition
- 5- Preface to the First Edition
- 6- Introduction
- 7- PART I: PLATO'S TESTIMONY: The Communication of the Memorable
- 8- 1. Information
- 9- 2. Means of Transmission
- 10- 3. Fabrication
- 11- 4. Narration
- 12- 5. Reception
- 13- 6. Imitation
- 14- 7. Persuasion
- 15- PART II: PLATO'S CRITIQUE: The Discourse of and for the Other
- 16- 8. Myth as Discourse
- 17- 9. The Opposition between Myth and Falsifiable Discourse
- 18- 10. The Opposition between Myth and Argumentative Discourse
- 19- 11. The Utility of Myth
- 20- 12. The Repudiation of Allegorical Interpretation
- 21- 13. Plato's Derivative Use of the Term "Muthos"
- 22- Conclusion
- 23- Appendixes
- 24- Bibliography
- 25- Index of Passages Cited or Mentioned
- 26- Index of Greek Terms
- 27- General Index
"Plato the myth maker" Description:
The Open Library:
We think of 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 stories, the oral transmission of all that a community keeps in its collective memory. In the first part of Plato the Myth Maker, 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 that he believed was far superior: the logos of philosophy. Appearing for the first time in English, Plato the Myth Maker is a solid and important contribution to the history of myth, based on the privileged testimony of one of its most influential critics and supporters.
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