Naddaf Gerard Brisson Luc (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Clean & Unmarked. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A very clean and straight copy in like dust-jacket. 188 pp.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 244 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. pp. 244.

Hardback. Condition: As New. 1st US Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. lv, 188 pages. Plato was the first to use the term 'muthos' as a fictional story but he also used it to describe the practice of making and telling stories, the oral transmission of that a community keeps in its collective memories. In this book, Brisson reconstructs Plato's multifaceted and not uncritical description of muthos. He then contrasts this sense of myth with the 'logos' of philosophy. The substantial introduction by Naddaf shows the originality and importance of both Brisson's method and of Plato's analysis and places it in the context of contemporary debates over the origin and evolution of the oral tradition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Condition: New. pp. 244 Indices.

Condition: New. In this text, Luc Brisson reconstructs Plato s multifaceted and not uncritical description of muthos in light of the latter s famous Atlantis story. He also contrasts this sense of myth, as Plato does, with another form of speech which he believed was far.

Paperback. Condition: New. The word myth is commonly thought to mean a fictional story, but few know that Plato was the first to use the term muthos in that sense. He also used muthos to describe the practice of making and telling stories, the oral transmission of all that a community keeps in its collective memory. In the first part of Plato the Myth Maker, Luc Brisson reconstructs Plato's multifaceted description of muthos in light of the latter's Atlantis story. The second part of the book contrasts this sense of myth with another form of speech that Plato believed was far superior: the logos of philosophy.…