Hatab's work is more than an interpretative study, inspired by Neitzsche and Heidegger of the historical relationship between myth and philosophy in ancient Greece. Its conclusions go beyond the historical case study, and amount to a defence of the intelligibility of myth against an exclusively rational or objective view of the world. Hatab pleads for a pluralistic notion of truth, one which permits different forms of understanding and surrenders the supposed need for a uniform or even hierarchical conception of truth. The historical displacement of myth by philosopy in ancient Greece is the point of departure. According to Hatab, rationality and science emerged as a revolutionary overthrow of myth - but that revolution is not beyond criticism, for myth presents a meaningful expression of the world, different from, and not always commensurate with, the kind of understanding sought by philosophers. The idea that philosophy has corrected the ignorance of the past is unwarranted; furthermore philosophy continues to exhibit elements of the mythic world from which it emerged. Hatab offers a general analysis of myth and a specific analysis of Greek myth. He distinguishes the different senses of truth found in mytho-poetic and rational-scientific disclosures, and presents an original treatment of Plato and Aristotle, challenging their criticisms of traditional myth.
| ||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
myth and philosophy by l. hatab,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Myth and Philosophy: A Contest of Truths (Paperback)
Excellent, this book by Lawrence Hatab demonstrates a profound understanding of the topic, both from the standpoint of ancient philosophy and of ancient culture. Perhaps, equally as important the writing is extremely clear on a subject that might normally seem arcane for the non-specialist. Finally, and perhaps most of all, MYTH AND PHILOSOPHY combines two topics which should be, in fact, inseparably connected. As the author demonstrates, an understanding of one may be necessary for our understanding of the other. JPG
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
First Sentence:
How can we begin to interpret the countless tales of gods, heroes, and sacred forces that mark the beginnings of human culture? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mythical disclosure, extraconscious forces, epic fatalism, fatal negativity, positive fatalism, sacred matrix, existential matrix, mythical sense, mythical mind, paradigmatic settings, mythical culture, existential setting, transition from myth, existential transcendence, mythical presentations, mythical imagery, profane experience, mythical paradigms, epic self, archaic experience, existential immediacy, mythical truth, mythical meaning, sacred madness, negative fate Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nicomachean Ethics, Hesiod's Theogony, Posterior Analytics New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
How can we begin to interpret the countless tales of gods, heroes, and sacred forces that mark the beginnings of human culture? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mythical disclosure, extraconscious forces, epic fatalism, fatal negativity, positive fatalism, sacred matrix, existential matrix, mythical sense, mythical mind, paradigmatic settings, mythical culture, existential setting, transition from myth, existential transcendence, mythical presentations, mythical imagery, profane experience, mythical paradigms, epic self, archaic experience, existential immediacy, mythical truth, mythical meaning, sacred madness, negative fate Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nicomachean Ethics, Hesiod's Theogony, Posterior Analytics New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 100
books:
See all 100 books this book cites
13
books
cite this book:
See all 13 books citing this book
- Greek Religion by Walter Burkert on 13 pages
- The Discovery of the Mind by Bruno Snell on 13 pages
- Myth and Society in Ancient Greece by Jean-Pierre Vernant on 12 pages
- Myth and Thought among the Greeks by Jean-Pierre Vernant on 10 pages
- The Greeks and the Irrational (Sather Classical Lectures) by E. R. Dodds on 9 pages
See all 100 books this book cites
- Thinking Through Myths: Philosophical Perspectives by Kevin Schilbrack on page 64, page 153, and page 156
- Nietzschean Defense of Democracy: An Experiment in Postmodern Politics by Lawrence J. Hatab in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition by Glenn A. Magee on page 96, and Back Matter
- The Absence Of Myth by Sophia Heller on page 186, and Back Matter
- Thinking Through Myths: Philosophical Perspectives by Kevin Schilbrack on page 64, and page 153
See all 13 books citing this book
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
