Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press (2020)
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Abstract

Plato's penchant for mythmaking sits uneasily beside his reputation as the inventor of rationalist philosophy. Hegel's solution was to ignore the myths. Popper thought them disqualifying. Tae-Yeoun Keum responds by carving out a place for myth in the context of rationalism and shows how Plato's tales inspired history's great political thinkers.

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Міфи Платона.Володимир Прокопенко - 2023 - Вісник Харківського Національного Університету Імені В. Н. Каразіна. Серія «Філософія. Філософські Перипетії» 69:49-55.

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