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It is now evident what branch and what sort of philosophy may properly on occasion employ myths. And to support my argument I call to witness the authority of those philosophers who were the first to use myths. Plato for instance in his theological descriptions of life in Hades often uses myths, and the son of Calliope before him. [217] And when **Antisthenes** and Xenophon and Plato himself discuss certain ethical theories they use myths as one of the ingredients, | It is now evident what branch and what sort of philosophy may properly on occasion employ myths. And to support my argument I call to witness the authority of those philosophers who were the first to use myths. Plato for instance in his theological descriptions of life in Hades often uses myths, and the son of Calliope before him. [217] And when **Antisthenes** and Xenophon and Plato himself discuss certain ethical theories they use myths as one of the ingredients, | ||
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+ | Source: The Works of the Emperor Julian, volume II (1913) Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Emily Wilmer Cave Wright. \\ | ||
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