Allegory in early Greek philosophy

Allegory in early Greek philosophy / Jennifer Lobo Meeks.

"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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Main Author: Meeks, Jennifer Lobo (Author)
Corporate Author: Recorded Books, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stuttgart, [Germany] : Ibidem-Verlag, [2020]
Series:Studies in historical philosophy ; 3.
Subjects:
Philosophy.
Philosophy, Ancient.
philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical.
Philosophy, Ancient
Philosophy
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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