Plato as a Narrator

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Excerpt from Plato as a Narrator: A Study in the Myths Besides the many distinctive features of Plato's system of philosophy, we see a further peculiarity in his use of the myths which occur here and there throughout his dialogues. The part these play as an aid and embellishment to his dia lectic, with their proper interpretation, has given rise to much discussion and caused infinite trouble to eminent phi losophers, and in the number and variety of the views pre sented the subject is quite in keeping with the other topics of the interminable question of the Platonic canon. The chief difficulty of interpreting the myths lies in the fact that Plate is poet and artist as well as phllob'opllol'. How much of the myth is laden with deep philosophical thought, and how much is art, it is not always easy to determine. Verv prop erly zeller(ph. D. Gr. S. 582) warns against pressing too much philosophical construction and confining too strictly poetical invention, for in the Symposium, l'oliticus, and in parts of other dialogues artistic considerations rather than philosophic necessity determines the use of the myth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.