Selected Myths【電子書籍】[ Plato ]

＜p＞＜strong＞'Once upon a time there were just the gods; mortal beings did not yet exist.'＜/strong＞ We are used to thinking of myths as stories, and modern myths as made up and fictitious. For the ancient Greeks, however, a myth was a story that unveiled reality, and for Plato, myth-maker as well as myth-teller, a myth could tell us something important about ourselves and our world. The ultimate purpose of Plato's myths is to help us live a better life, and to teach philosophical truths in a form we can most easily understand. This volume brings together ten of the most celebrated Platonic myths, from eight of Plato's dialogues ranging from the early ＜em＞Protagoras＜/em＞ and ＜em＞Gorgias＜/em＞ to the late ＜em＞Timaeus＜/em＞ and ＜em＞Critias＜/em＞. They include the famous myth of the cave from ＜em＞Republic＜/em＞ 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 myt．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る