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From Myth to Reason? Richard Buxton (Professor of Greek Language and Literature, Professor of Greek Language and Literature, University of Bristol)

From Myth to Reason? By Richard Buxton (Professor of Greek Language and Literature, Professor of Greek Language and Literature, University of Bristol)

Summary

It is often said that Greek civilization underwent a transition from myth to reason. But what does this assertion mean? Is it true? Were the Greeks special in having evolved our sort of reason, or is that a mirage? Leading experts on ancient Greece here explore whether it is possible to maintain a distinction between myth, on the one hand, and philosophy, history, or technology, on the other.

From Myth to Reason? Summary

From Myth to Reason?: Studies in the Development of Greek Thought by Richard Buxton (Professor of Greek Language and Literature, Professor of Greek Language and Literature, University of Bristol)

It has often been asserted that Greek civilization underwent a transition from myth to reason. But what does such an assertion mean? And how much truth is there in it? Were the Greeks special in having evolved our sort of reason, or is that a mirage? In this book, some of the world's leading experts on ancient Greek myth, religion, philosophy, and history reconsider these fundamental issues. Among the problems they explore are: the history of the Mythos/Logos opposition; myth and reason in practice; logic(s) of myth; intersections involving myth/philosophy, myth/history, myth/ethnography, and myth/technology. Some contributors are more sceptical than others about whether the myth/reason polarity has any future as a tool for the understanding of Greek society - or any society. But what they all agree on is that a reconsideration of the Greek case can help us to clarify much broader debates, for example the debate about the cross-cultural viability (or not) of myth and reason/rationality.

From Myth to Reason? Reviews

Review from previous edition This collection of papers ... provides useful insights on a wide range of issues and authors and serves generally to provoke thought concerning the interaction between myth and reason. * BMCR *

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NLS9780199247523
9780199247523
0199247528
From Myth to Reason?: Studies in the Development of Greek Thought by Richard Buxton (Professor of Greek Language and Literature, Professor of Greek Language and Literature, University of Bristol)
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Oxford University Press
2001-11-22
384
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