Myth and philosophy on stage in Platonic dialogues
Tofighian, O.
Citation
Tofighian, O. (2010, January 19). Myth and philosophy on stage in Platonic dialogues. Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/14566
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Preface
I was successful in developing my research ideas and completing this thesis due to a number of important factors. First, I feel very privileged to have been given a great deal of trust in terms of where I was located during different periods of my PhD. Also, I always felt I had the liberty to experiment with and integrate my many scholarly and personal interests and pursue new themes and ideas. These factors were controlled and guided by strict, yet open-minded, supervision. In addition, I had regular opportunities to interact with different universities, faculties, departments and participate in their conferences, seminars and workshops. The culmination of these elements is reflected in my interpretation of the relationship between myth and philosophy in general, and in Plato in particular, in terms of form, content and methodology. I am confident that I can use this research to explore, and make a significant contribution to, a diverse range of topics in philosophy and the humanities.
