The heathen mythology, the Sybilline oracles, the myths of Plato, the dreams of Neo-Platonists are equally regarded by him as matter of fact. 柏拉图.理想国.
Myths must be judged as instruments for acting upon present conditions; all discussion about the manner of applying them concretely to the course of history is senseless. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
The philosophy of Heracleitus cannot be shown to be borrowed from Zoroaster, and still less the myths of Plato. 柏拉图.理想国.
Revolutionary myths . 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
The history of the world is full of great myths which have had the most concrete results. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
It is not all on the same plane; it easily passes from ideas to myths and fancies, from facts to figures of speech. 柏拉图.理想国.
During their life these social myths contain a nation's finest energy. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
We, in the midst of our science and our rationalism, are still making myths, and their force is felt in the actual affairs of life. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.