Ardahan Üniversitesi İnsani Bilimler ve Edebiyat Fakültesi Belgü Dergisi

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Philosophy is defined in more than one way and method. However, the definition most suitable for its functional structure is given through the expression of mythos to logos. This expression also briefly summarizes the transition to a new and different way of describing and making sense of the world. The transition that this conceptual duality expresses is that the myth's emphasis on the religious and the logos represents rationality. This transition turns into a call for Aristotle, who expresses that curiosity is the basis of philosophy and therefore this rational activity with the concept of aporia, and he constructs his work called Protreptikos on a exhortation to philosophy. Aristotle expresses this process in his Metaphysics by defining a person who is ignorant or not curious as a person in chains. Curious people are freed from their shackles, and on the basis of their sense of wonder, there are aporiai which are difficulties accompanying this emotion. The aforementioned process continues by evolving into a certain state of aporias accompanying the sense of curiosity by Aristotle or reaching a way out (diaporia). Thus, this process, initiated by the person who wants to know by nature, with the sense of curiosity and the aporias accompanying this feeling, takes a certain form of dialectic.The aim of this study is to present from mythos to logos, which is one of the functional definitions of philosophy, through an Aristotelian analysis. In this respect, firstly, the reflections of the concepts of myth and logos in Aristotle's philosophy will be analyzed through the concept of aporia in his Metaphysics. In addition, logos will be revealed through Aristotle's work called Protrepticus, which is a call to philosophy.