tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post1168405810601945409..comments2024-03-27T09:04:12.454-07:00Comments on Baring the Aegis: Myth vs. philosophy Elani Temperancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05611003885755154591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-51306072347201060002013-02-18T06:29:35.074-08:002013-02-18T06:29:35.074-08:00i always look to the myths and legends as moral st...i always look to the myths and legends as moral stories, and if we can draw on those morals that have been drawn on in teh myths then , its a lesson in itself. i haven't read many philosophical authors, but i am striving to do so by hunting down books form Plato, Aristotle etc to get a better insight of what they were like and see how they saw th world sort of speak UltravioletAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349843020572400422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-33205072001403150362013-02-17T00:18:13.953-08:002013-02-17T00:18:13.953-08:00Personally I draw from both. I think that the myth...Personally I draw from both. I think that the myths tell us very important things about the gods and our relationship with the gods. I don't consider myself in the interpretations of the myths to be a literalist really, I think that there can be factual based information in there but that they are serving more to be informative rather than relay historical happenings. In my view their purpose is served by telling us about the gods rather than relaying exact events. Therefore I appreciate that myths have an allegorical nature. I don't seen them as metaphors any more than I see them as literal, but that there is information buried through allegory used in the language of myth to give us further insights in regards to the gods. And I will happily admit that I draw much more from the myths and my understandings of the allegories within them then I do from philosophy.<br />But I also like Philosophy, particularly the work of Plato and some of the work of Plutarch.<br />So I find it isn't much of an either/or thing for me :) Though I can see how it can be for others.Daphne Lykeionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085120484245732542noreply@blogger.com