Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought / / Tae-Yeoun Keum.
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 inventor of rat...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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