Tagged: mythology

Destroy the Mad Brute, Part 2: The Rulers of Men

“As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone, and hides the ruin that it feeds upon, so Sophistry cleaves close to and protects sin’s rotten trunk, concealing its defects.” -William Cowper,The Progress of Error...

The Importance of Myth: A Preface to Plato

All cultures that I am aware of are laden with myths. In his best-known work, the old philosopher Plato argued that the rulers of the ideal society would contrive myths to encourage perfect public...