神话是虚假的言辞——论柏拉图关于神话的思想

Muthos is a false discourse: On Plato's thought of mythology

柏拉图认为,神话是虚假的言辞。如果说Logos(逻各斯)是让人对一个主题进行思考、探索的过程,定义和概念是为了推动灵魂对对象的认识,那么,muthos(神话)是在一定程度上模仿了人在追求探索知识的过程中,灵魂的非理性的部分如何可以配合这种探索,最大程度地接近真实存在。灵魂的这种思考与动作的方式,似乎有着某种更加深刻的根源。但是,通过一个主题的引导,理智的部分和非理智的部分被联合起来。

Plato defined muthosas a false discourse. If logos was a process in which people approached to a certain theme and in which the definitions and concepts promoted the soul's cognition of the object,then,to a certain extent,muthos also imitated the process of human inquiry,in which the irrational part of the soul adapted itself to it and approached to truth. It seemed that the way of thinking and action of the soul had a sort of deeper origin. Through the guidance of a theme,the rational part and irrational part of the soul were combined with each other.