Myth and Philosophy: From the Presocratics to Plato

Abstract

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical issues 3. Some Presocratics 4. The sophists and their contemporaries 5. The Protagoras: Platonic myth in the making 6. The range of Platonic myth 7. Plato: myth and the soul 8. Plato: myth and theory 9. Conclusion Bibliography Index of passages cited General index.