Allegory in early Greek philosophy /
"Allegory in Early Greek Philosophy examines the role that allegory plays in Greek thought, particularly in the transition from the mythic tradition of the archaic poets to the philosophical traditions of the Presocratics and Plato. It explores how a mode of speech that 'says one thing, bu...
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Stuttgart, [Germany] :
Ibidem-Verlag,
[2020]
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| Serier: | Studies in historical philosophy ;
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
- Intro
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Speaking Wisdom Otherwise
- A Concise History of Allegory
- Myth, Philosophy, and the Speculative Task
- The Shift from Muthos to Logos
- Chapter 2 The Presocratics and the Beginnings of Allegory
- Historical and Theoretical Considerations
- Philosophical Anticipations in Archaic Poetry
- The Three Senses of a Presocratic "Poetics"
- Presocratic Allegorical Practices
- Chapter 3 Plato on Poetry, Myth, and Allegory
- Philosophical Myth in Plato's Dialogues
- The Ancient Quarrel with the Poets
- Imagination, Memory, and Resolution of the Quarrel
- "Other Speech" in Platonic Thought
- Selected Bibliography
- Index