Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Saeede Mohamadzade ¹
• Mohammad reza Beheshti ²

¹ PhD student in Pure Philosophy, Khatam University

² Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Tehran

Abstract

The focus of this article is on the position of myth in Plato's dialogues. With a descriptive-analytical approach, this article addresses the issue of what are the characteristics of Plato's dialogues in different periods? And how did Plato's approach to myth change in the Introductory, middle and final dialogues? In this way, we first examine the dialectical challenge in Socratic dialogues and then how Plato used myth in different periods, explaining that the use of myth in Socratic dialogues differ from other periods in order to add a religious dimension or mythological and And finding solutions to important philosophical problems. In those dialogues, it takes place in order to bring the mind closer and express the allegory. Finally, by dividing the myths of later periods into two general categories, eschatological and non-eschatological, we explain the specific subject and content of  myths and the reason for their use.

Keywords

• Plato's dialogues
• dialectic
• Greek myths
• non_ eschatological myths