Allegorical Interpretation and Place of Myth in Plato. Status Quaestionis

• Authors: Wdowiak Magdalena
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper raises the issue of allegorical interpretation, and its role and place in Plato’s philosophy. The first part of the paper shows the theoretical findings and explains the use of terms aίnigma, sýmbolon, hypónoia in Plato’s philosophy. The next part explores Plato’s attitude toward allegorical interpretation and the function of myth (mūthos) in his philosophy. Two important points are presented here regarding Plato’s critique. They serve as the criterion for the validation of myth in the ideal state: the role of myth in paideia and its relation to philosophical discourse.

Keywords

EN

allegory; enigma; symbol; poetry; myth

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Classica Cracoviensia
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 20
• Pages: 213-226

Contributors

author

Wdowiak Magdalena

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Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.12797/CC.20.2017.20.11