Plato's political passion: on philosophical walls and their permeability

nº2 (january, 2009) • Archai: As Origens do Pensamento Ocidental

Autor: Gabriele Cornelli

Resumo:

This article proposes to address the relationship between philosophy and politics through the 5th-4th Century's intellectual debate on ethics and politics in Athens. A debate which takes place in the wake of the rise of a new individuality, marked by the discovery of the tragicity of the soul. What stands out in this debate is the redefinition of a philopolitical stand in all its historical ambiguity and ethical idealism. Aristophanes, Thucydides, Euripides, Gorgias and, obviously, Plato himself are striving to define the possibility (or less) of the encounter between philosophy and the city, public and private, justice and interests, individual and community. The Platonic solution for the problem reveals complexity and articulation typical of his thought: the philosopher that shelters himself from the storm behind an academic wall (Rep. 496d) is the same who "in order for himself not to seem nothing but words" (VII Epist. 328c) sails towards the uncertain Syracusan project.

Texto Completo: http://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archai/article/view/315/170

Palavras-Chave: Plato,Ancient Philosophy,Politeia,Ancient Eth

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