Volume 15, Issue 3/4, 2005
Sources and New Dreams of Western Wisdom
Leonidas C. Bargeliotes, Penelope Triantou
Pages 107-115
The Cognitive Role of Plato’s Use of Mythos
The paper refers to the contribution of myth to Plato’s cognitive theory. Primarily, it is epigrammatically pointed out the existing difference between Mythos and Logos, on the one hand, and Plato’s attitude towards the myths as well as their use and incorporation into his cognitive model, on the other hand.