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Plato the Myth Maker (Hardcover)
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Plato the Myth Maker (Hardcover)
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The word myth is commonly thought to mean a fictional story, but
few know that Plato was the first to use the term "muthos" in that
sense. He 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
description of "muthos" in light of the latter's Atlantis story.
The second part of the book contrasts this sense of myth with
another form of speech that Plato believed was far superior: the
"logos" of philosophy.
Gerard Naddaf's substantial introduction shows the originality and
importance both of Brisson's method and of Plato's analysis and
places it in the context of contemporary debates over the origin
and evolution of the oral tradition.
" Brisson] contrasts "muthos" with the "logos" found at the heart
of the philosophical reading. He] does an excellent job of
analyzing Plato's use of the two speech forms, and the translator's
introduction does considerable service in setting the
tone."--"Library Journal"
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