How Philosophers Saved Myths: Allegorical Interpretation and Classical Mythology Book

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How Philosophers Saved Myths: Allegorical Interpretation and Classical Mythology
Written by author Luc Brisson
Published by University of Chicago Press, December 2004
In this concise but wide-ranging study, Luc Brisson describes how the myths of Greece and Rome were transmitted from antiquity to the Renaissance. He argues that philosophy was responsible for saving myth from historical annihilation. Although philosophy

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1 Muthos and Philosophia 5
2 Plato's attitude toward myth 15
3 Aristotle and the beginnings of allegorical exegesis 29
4 Stoics, Epicureans, and the new academy 41
5 Pythagoreanism and Platonism 56
6 The Neoplatonic school of Athens 87
7 Byzantium and pagan myths 107
8 The Western Middle Ages 126
9 The Renaissance 137

Title: How Philosophers Saved Myths: Allegorical Interpretation and Classical Mythology

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Art Institute of Chicago

Item Number: 9780226075358

Publication Date: December 2004

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Product Description: Full Name: How Philosophers Saved Myths: Allegorical Interpretation and Classical Mythology; Short Name:How Philosophers Saved Myths

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Date Last Edited: August 25, 2020, Edited By: Ross

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reviewed How Philosophers Saved Myths: Allegorical Interpretation and Classical Mythology on March 25, 2020

How Philosophers Saved Myths: Allegorical Interpretation and Classical Mythology

No, this is not about the myth of democracy, or the myth of inclusion, or the myth of equality. This is another paper pusher doing "publishing" in order to advance his career to a better pension plan.

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