Black idealism

Abstract

Throughout history, myth has broadly come to signify the false and the absurd. Needless to say, this shift did not happen overnight, nor was it exactly a peaceful process. Myth provided answers to unasked questions; tragedy leaves open, laid bare, the enigmas for which there is no solution. What progress lies in this shift? Myth answers without asking; tragedy inquires without answering: what might philosophy contribute in this harsh scenario? Myth is not, strictly speaking, a language, but a way of articulating a language that has already been given. The idea of a divine origin, of a supernatural gift, of a primal language, has been discarded. Myth is what is being discussed here