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Treason To Truth: The Myths Of Plato

Chad Trainer says Plato betrayed philosophy by resorting to mythology.

“The Myths were accepted by common consent as the text for the deepest speculations of the later Platonic schools, and so have contributed, through them, more largely than any other part of Plato’s writings to the sum of common thoughts.”
Bishop Westcott Essays in the History of Religious Thought in the West p46

“Myths should have no place in philosophy.”
Cicero De Divinatione II.38.80

“One who is inventing tales for the purpose of reforming morals and inserts myths therein, does so not for men but for those who are children whether in years or intelligence.

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