Myth and Philosophy in Plato''s Phaedrus

Informationen zum Autor Daniel S. Werner is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York, New Paltz. His articles have appeared in Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Greece and Rome, Ancient Philosophy and International Philosophical Quarterly. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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 Phaedrus! Plato's most mythical dialogue! arguing that it leads readers to participate in Plato's dialogues and to engage in a process of self-examination. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Boreas, Typhon, and the allegorization of myth; 3. The palinode: soul and eros; 4. The palinode: forms and knowledge; 5. The palinode: tradition and philosophy; 6. The cicadas; 7. Rhetoric and dialectic; 8. Theuth, Thamus, and the critique of writing; 9. The Phaedrus as a whole; 10. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Daniel G. Werner, Daniel S Werner, Daniel S. Werner, Dr Daniel S. Werner, WERNER DANIEL G
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.07.2012
• EAN: 9781107021280
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02128-0
• No. of pages: 310
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500