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Author : Daniel S. Werner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-09
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781107021280
Examines the role of myth in Plato's Phaedrus, arguing that it leads readers to participate in Plato's dialogues and to engage in self-examination.
Author : Daniel S. Werner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1107629950
Plato's dialogues frequently criticize traditional Greek myth, yet Plato also integrates myth with his writing. Daniel S. Werner confronts this paradox through an in-depth analysis of the Phaedrus, Plato's most mythical dialogue. Werner argues that the myths of the Phaedrus serve several complex functions: they bring nonphilosophers into the philosophical life; they offer a starting point for philosophical inquiry; they unify the dialogue as a literary and dramatic whole; they draw attention to the limits of language and the limits of knowledge; and they allow Plato to co-opt cultural authority as a way of defining and legitimating the practice of philosophy. Platonic myth, as a species of traditional tale, is thus both distinct from philosophical dialectic and similar to it. Ultimately, the most powerful effect of Platonic myth is the way in which it leads readers to participate in Plato's dialogues and to engage in a process of self-examination.
Author : Plato
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798574951750
The Phaedrus, written by Plato, is a dialogue between Plato's protagonist, Socrates, and Phaedrus, an interlocutor in several dialogues. The Phaedrus was presumably composed around 370 BC, about the same time as Plato's Republic and Symposium.
Author : Omid Tofighian
Publisher : Springer
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781137580443
This book rethinks Plato’s creation and use of myth by drawing on theories and methods from myth studies, religious studies, literary theory and related fields. Individual myths function differently depending on cultural practice, religious context or literary tradition, and this interdisciplinary study merges new perspectives in Plato studies with recent scholarship and theories pertaining to myth. Significant overlaps exist between prominent modern theories of myth and attitudes and approaches in studies of Plato’s myths. Considering recent developments in myth studies, this book asks new questions about the evaluation of myth in Plato. Its appreciation of the historical conditions shaping and directing the study of Plato’s myths opens deeper philosophical questions about the relationship between philosophy and myth and the relevance of myth studies to philosophical debates. It also extends the discussion to address philosophical questions and perspectives on the distinction between argument and narrative.
Author : Catherine Collobert,Pierre Destrée,Francisco J. Gonzalez
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004218666
Through the contributions of specialists in the field, this volume addresses the still open question of the role and status of myth in Plato’s dialogues and thereby speaks to the broader problem of the relation between philosophy and poetic discourse.
Author : G. R. F. Ferrari,Giovanni R. F. Ferrari
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1990-11-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521409322
This full-length study of Plato's dialogue Phaedrus, now in paperback, is written in the belief that such concerted scrutiny of a single dialogue is an important part of the project of understanding Plato so far as possible 'from the inside' - of gaining a feel for the man's philosophy. The focus of this account is on how the resources both of persuasive myth and of formal argument, for all that Plato sets them in strong contrast, nevertheless complement and reinforce each other in his philosophy. Not only is the dialogue in its formal structure a dovetail of myth and argument, but the philosophic life that it praises is also shaped by an acknowledgement of the limitations of argument and the importance of mythical understanding. By means of this correlation of form and content Plato invites his readers, through the very act of reading, to take a first step along the path of the philosophical life.
Author : Sylvain Delcomminette,Pieter d'Hoine,Marc-Antoine Gavray
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110683936
This volume explores the tremendous influence of Plato’s Phaedrus on the philosophical, religious, scientific and literary discussions in the West. Ranging from Plato’s first readers, over the Church Fathers and the Platonic commentators, to Byzantine and Renaissance thinkers, the papers collected here introduce the reader to the first two millennia of the dialogue’s reception history. Thirteen contributions by both junior and established scholars study the engagement with the Phaedrus by such major figures as Aristotle, Galen, Origen, Clemens of Alexandria, Plotinus, Augustine, Proclus, Psellus, Ficino, Erasmus, and many others. Together, they cover the wide range of topics discussed in the dialogue: the value of myth and allegory, religion and theology, love and beauty, the soul and its immortality, teaching and learning, metaphysics and epistemology, rhetoric and dialectic, as well as the role and the limits of writing. By placing the dialogue in this broad perspective, the volume will appeal to readers interested in the Phaedrus itself, as well as to classicists, literary theorists, and historians of philosophy, science and religion concerned with the dialogue’s reception history and its main protagonists.
Author : Graeme Nicholson
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1557531188
The Phaedrus lies at the heart of Plato's work, and the topics it discusses are central to his thought. In its treatment of the topics of the soul, the ideas and love, it is closely tied to the other dialogues of Plato's "middle period," the Phaedo, the Symposium, and the Republic.
Author : Kathryn A. Morgan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000-08-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139427524
This book explores the dynamic relationship between myth and philosophy in the Presocratics, the Sophists, and in Plato - a relationship which is found to be more extensive and programmatic than has been recognized. The story of philosophy's relationship with myth is that of its relationship with literary and social convention. The intellectuals studied here wanted to reformulate popular ideas about cultural authority and they achieved this goal by manipulating myth. Their self-conscious use of myth creates a self-reflective philosophic sensibility and draws attention to problems inherent in different modes of linguistic representation. Much of the reception of Greek philosophy stigmatizes myth as 'irrational'. Such an approach ignores the important role played by myth in Greek philosophy, not just as a foil but as a mode of philosophical thought. The case studies in this book reveal myth deployed as a result of methodological reflection, and as a manifestation of philosophical concerns.
Author : Graeme Nicholson
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781557531186
The Phaedrus lies at the heart of Plato's work, and the topics it discusses are central to his thought. In its treatment of the topics of the soul, the ideas and love, it is closely tied to the other dialogues of Plato's "middle period," the Phaedo, the Symposium, and the Republic.
Author : Plato
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1972-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0521097037
A translation with introduction and commentary of Plato's 'Phaedrus. The dialogue begins with a playful discussion of erotic passion, then extends the theme to consider the nature of inspiration, love and knowledge. The centerpiece is the myth of the charioteer -- the famous and moving acount of the vision, fall and incarnation of the soul.--Back cover.
Author : Plato,
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199552559
This volume brings together ten of the most celebrated Platonic myths, from eight of Plato's dialogues ranging from the early Protagoras and Gorgias to the late Timaeus and Critias. They include the famous myth of the cave from Republic as well as 'The Judgement of Souls' and 'The Birth of Love'. Each myth is a self-contained story, prefaced by a short explanatory note, while the introduction considers Plato's use of myth and imagery.
Author : Catalin Partenie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 110740407X
In archaic societies myths were believed to tell true stories - stories about the ultimate origin of reality. For us, on the contrary, the term 'myth' denotes a false belief. Between the archaic notion of myth and ours stands Plato's. This volume is a collection of ten studies by eminent scholars that focus on the ways in which some of Plato's most famous myths are interwoven with his philosophy. The myths discussed include the eschatological myths of the Gorgias, the Phaedo, the Republic and Laws 10, the central myths of the Phaedrus and the Statesman, and the so-called myth of the Noble Lie from the Republic. The mythical character of the Timaeus cosmology is also amply discussed. The volume also contains seventeen rare Renaissance illustrations of Platonic myths. The contributors argue that in Plato myth and philosophy are tightly bound together, despite Plato's occasional claim that they are opposed modes of discourse.
Author : Plato
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781585105014
This is an English translation of one of Plato's least political dialogues of Socrates and Phaedrus discussing many themes: the art and practice of rhetoric, love, reincarnation, and the soul. It includes an introduction, notes, glossary, appendices, and an interpretive essay and introduction. Also included are rarely seen illustrations, stone carvings, and vase paintings. Focus Philosophical Library translations are close to and are non-interpretative of the original text, with the notes and a glossary intending to provide the reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they were understood by Plato’s immediate audience.
Author : M. F. Burnyeat
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521750721
The first of two volumes collecting the published work of one of the greatest living ancient philosophers, M.F. Burnyeat.
