Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: Plato's Legacy and the Problem of Myth in Political Thought -- PART ONE. POLITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL BOUNDARIES -- 1 Nature and Myth in Plato's Republic -- 2 The Utopian Founding Myths of More and Bacon -- 3 An Enlightenment Fable: Leibniz and the B...
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: Plato's Legacy and the Problem of Myth in Political Thought -- PART ONE. POLITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL BOUNDARIES -- 1 Nature and Myth in Plato's Republic -- 2 The Utopian Founding Myths of More and Bacon -- 3 An Enlightenment Fable: Leibniz and the Boundaries of Reason -- PART TWO. MYTH AND MODERNITY -- 4 The New Mythology of German Idealism -- 5 The Demon of the City: Cassirer on Myth and Plato -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index Ausführliche Beschreibung