This framework aligns heavily with the thesis presented by philosopher Stephen R. L. Clark in his seminal work on the founder of Neoplatonism. 🔱 The Role of Myth: Reinterpreting Tradition
In Neoplatonism, dialectic alone is insufficient to reach the ultimate reality. Because the supreme principle—The One—is beyond human language and rational categories, vivid imagery and symbolic narratives are required to shift the soul's perspective and guide it back to its divine origin. Plotinus : myth, metaphor, and philosophical pr...
Plotinus utilizes traditional Greek myths to illustrate the cosmic drama of the soul. He interprets the soul's descent into the material body not as a literal physical fall, but as a fragmentation of focus. This framework aligns heavily with the thesis presented