In early Greek culture, myth was the dominant framework for understanding natural events before Pre-Socratic philosophers.
Evidence
Exploring the Roots of Western Philosophy: The Pre-Socratic Period (Philosophy Institute)
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: Life is full of unfathomable mysteries that elude understanding. — Crews, Harry, A childhood the biography of a place, 374; Papyrus availability enabled Greek culture’s shift from oral to written form — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 53; Myth’s formal features derive from its pre-individualistic social origins. — Fredric Jameson, The Political Unconscious, 2871