Plato and the mythic tradition in political thought

Introduction : Plato's legacy and the problem of myth in political thought

Part I. Political and philosophical boundaries. Nature and myth in Plato's Republic

The utopian founding myths of More and Bacon

An Enlightenment fable: Leibniz and the boundaries of reason

Part II. Myth and modernity. The new mythology of German idealism

The demon of the city: Cassirer on myth and Plato.