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255 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780521887908
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 01 February 2009
Description
In archaic societies myths were believed to tell true stories - stories about the ultimate origin of reality. For us, on the contrary, the term 'myth' denotes a false belief. Between the archaic notion of myth and ours stands Plato's. This volume ...
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255 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780521887908
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 01 February 2009
Description
In archaic societies myths were believed to tell true stories - stories about the ultimate origin of reality. For us, on the contrary, the term 'myth' denotes a false belief. Between the archaic notion of myth and ours stands Plato's. This volume ...