The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the meaning and role of myths in Platonic philosoph... more The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the meaning and role of myths in Platonic philosophy. Our chief concern will be with the Myth of Er that concludes Plato's dialogue: The Republic (10.614-10.621). Er's myth explains principles governing events there: the ways individual souls shape their own destiny by choosing the lives they will lead, the role of spirit guides accompanying each soul returning to life, the doctrine of the golden mean that applies in this life as well as the next. We shall keep a watchful eye throughout other Platonic Myths; in order to discover their function in the organism of the Platonic philosophy. We conclude this paper with the question if there are some points of similarities between the Myth of Er and Dante's Divine Comedy?
The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the meaning and role of myths in Platonic philosoph... more The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the meaning and role of myths in Platonic philosophy. Our chief concern will be with the Myth of Er that concludes Plato's dialogue: The Republic (10.614-10.621). Er's myth explains principles governing events there: the ways individual souls shape their own destiny by choosing the lives they will lead, the role of spirit guides accompanying each soul returning to life, the doctrine of the golden mean that applies in this life as well as the next. We shall keep a watchful eye throughout other Platonic Myths; in order to discover their function in the organism of the Platonic philosophy. We conclude this paper with the question if there are some points of similarities between the Myth of Er and Dante's Divine Comedy?
Does the Modern Usage of “Technology” Denote Something Very Different from What τέχνη Meant for the Ancient Greeks?
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This paper aims to trace the term technology back to its Greek origin, τέχνη. We recognize as its... more This paper aims to trace the term technology back to its Greek origin, τέχνη. We recognize as its first meaning a mental activity based on knowledge and systematic study which aims to create a technical or a moral work. The present paper argues that the main difference between technology as seen by the classical Greek philosophers and our contemporary technology may lie in the goal that man sets for technology.
The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the meaning and role of myths in Platonic philosoph... more The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the meaning and role of myths in Platonic philosophy. Our chief concern will be with the Myth of Er that concludes Plato's dialogue: The Republic (10.614-10.621). Er's myth explains principles governing events there: the ways individual souls shape their own destiny by choosing the lives they will lead, the role of spirit guides accompanying each soul returning to life, the doctrine of the golden mean that applies in this life as well as the next. We shall keep a watchful eye throughout other Platonic Myths; in order to discover their function in the organism of the Platonic philosophy. We conclude this paper with the question if there are some points of similarities between the Myth of Er and Dante's Divine Comedy?
The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the meaning and role of myths in Platonic philosoph... more The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the meaning and role of myths in Platonic philosophy. Our chief concern will be with the Myth of Er that concludes Plato's dialogue: The Republic (10.614-10.621). Er's myth explains principles governing events there: the ways individual souls shape their own destiny by choosing the lives they will lead, the role of spirit guides accompanying each soul returning to life, the doctrine of the golden mean that applies in this life as well as the next. We shall keep a watchful eye throughout other Platonic Myths; in order to discover their function in the organism of the Platonic philosophy. We conclude this paper with the question if there are some points of similarities between the Myth of Er and Dante's Divine Comedy?
Does the Modern Usage of “Technology” Denote Something Very Different from What τέχνη Meant for the Ancient Greeks?
Distinctio
This paper aims to trace the term technology back to its Greek origin, τέχνη. We recognize as its... more This paper aims to trace the term technology back to its Greek origin, τέχνη. We recognize as its first meaning a mental activity based on knowledge and systematic study which aims to create a technical or a moral work. The present paper argues that the main difference between technology as seen by the classical Greek philosophers and our contemporary technology may lie in the goal that man sets for technology.
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