• EI Weekly Listen — David Butterfield on Epicurus, Lucretius, and the myth of mythlessness

  • Dec 6 2024
  • Length: 22 mins
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EI Weekly Listen — David Butterfield on Epicurus, Lucretius, and the myth of mythlessness

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  • Myths frame and tailor the past in a way that can ground and stabilise a community, however large or small. By situating them within the fabric of history, myths provide a sense of tradition and belonging to rally around. Read by Helen Lloyd.

    Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit.

    Image: A statue of Romulus and Remus on the Capitoline Hill in Rome. Credit: Russell Kord / Alamy Stock Photo
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