Review of Myth and Metaphysics in Plato's Phaedo by David A. White [Book Review]

The Thomist 56 (4):726-732 (1992)
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I review White's account of the swan song, of Socrates' last words, and of the importance of myth in Plato. Against any account of myth as a remedy in the nature of rational argument, I defend Hegel's account that myth addresses a less-than-fully-rational part of the soul.

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