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    Myth Matters: Intelligent Imagination in Plato's Phaedo and Phaedrus
    (2018-01-10) Kotow, Emily Claire; Rohlman, Elizabeth; Humble, Noreen; Tumasz, Virginia
    This thesis examines the function of myth in Plato’s Phaedo and Phaedrus. Focusing on the afterlife of Phaedo, and the palinode of Phaedrus, I assert that Plato emphasizes the limits of understanding, and as a consequence, the need for intelligent imagination. Ultimately, myth serves to underscore the essential philosophical project of cultivating self-knowledge and therefore is an integral part of Plato’s philosophical project.