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.
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