The Bounds of Myth: The Logical Path from Action to Knowledge (Value Inquiry Book Series / Studies in the History of Western Philosophy, 364)

The authors of The Bounds of Myth present in their articles an account of the importance of myth as a valid form of thought and its relation to other forms of discourse such as religion or literature. Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Prologue Part 1 Exemplarity, Analogy and Expression in Myth The Bounds of Myth: The Logical Path from Action to Knowledge 1 The Space of Myth: Between Action and Logos 2 Mystery and Myth in Greece: The Way of Language 3 Language as a Space of Belief: Sign and Truth in St. Augustine 4 The Myth of Space: The Universality of Culture and the Basis of Truth 5 The Bounds of Myth: Final Thoughts Bibliography Considerations on the Visibility of Action in Aristotle 1 Introduction 2 The Exemplarity of the Action 3 The Perception of Movement and Human Actions 4 The Intellectual Vision of Actions 5 About Mimesis as Visibility of the Action 6 Conclusion Bibliography The Philosopher Is Somehow a Lover of Metaphors 1 Introduction 2 “Philosophus est aliquater philomythes” 3 The Living Insofar as He Has Word 4 The Metaphor as a Manifestation of the Truth 5 Know the Truth about God 6 The Metaphor as a Manifestation of the Truth about God 7 Conclusion Bibliography Part 2 The Problems of Interpretation The Meanings of Doctrine in De Doctrina Christiana 1 Introduction 2 The Meanings of Doctrina 3 The Encounter with the Scriptures and the Meaning of the Reading 4 Conclusion Bibliography The Myth of Self-Knowledge in Genesis 1–2: The Fascination of the Encounter 1 Introduction 2 The Creation of the Human Being: From Solitude to Encounter 3 Not Being as No Encounter: The Singularity of Self-Knowledge 4 Being as an Encounter: From Dream to Self-Knowledge 5 The Myth of Self-Knowledge: Fascination as an Encounter 6 Mythical Pedagogy: Narrative as a Formative Function 7 Conclusion Bibliography The Notion of Subjectivity as Reflected in Early Notions of the Afterlife 1 The Mesopotamian and Hebrew View of the Afterlife 2 The Greek Underworld in Homer 3 The Greek Underworld in Plato 4 The Roman Underworld 5 Dante’s Christian View 6 Conclusion Bibliography Part 3 The Myth in Action Oedipus and Perceval: The Enigma as a Hermeneutical Principle 1 Introduction 2 Enigma, Narration and Image 3 Oedipus and Perceval: In Search of an Answer 3.1 Oedipus or the Crossroads of the Enigma 3.2 Perceval and the Procession of the Enigma 3.3 Enigma and Knowledge 3.4 The Enigma in Time 4 Conclusion Bibliography Reinterpreting Medieval Lore through the Modern Prism: The Myth of Robin Hood in Kierkegaard’s Early Journals 1 Introduction 2 The Medieval Legend of Robin Hood and Its Modern Reinterpretation 3 Copenhagen’s Literary Context during the 1820s and the 1830s 4 Kierkegaard’s Use of a Medieval Myth: The Master-Thief 5 Conclusion Bibliography Index The articles in 'The Bounds of Myth', edited by Gustavo Esparza and Nassim Bravo, shed light on the internal shapes of the mythological discourse, showing the way in which myth borders religion, science, literature, theology, i.e., other forms of rationality. The contributing authors of the volume claim that myth is a valid form of thought and that the former evolves within other forms of discourse, even though its composition is independent and even precedes the latter.0The articles collected here demonstrate the importance of myth as a form of thought that is in constant development, a feature that shows in turn that in spite of its remote and archaic origin, myth remains a valuable and relevant tool to interpret our own culture "This book shed light on the internal shapes of the mythological discourse, showing the way in which myth borders religion, science, literature, theology, i.e., other forms of rationality. The contributing authors of the volume claim that myth is a valid form of thought and that the former evolves within other forms of discourse, even though its composition is independent and even precedes the latter"--..