31 research outputs found
«An Unexamined Life is not Worth Living for Human Beings»
According to a widely held view, the disappearance of the elenchus in the middle and late dialogues would indicate an important shift in Platoâs thought. This shift would be so radical that the Socrates found in the Socratic dialogues would not be the same as the Socrates of the Republic. Whereas the first would be a faithful representation of the real âhistoricalâ Socrates, the second would be a false, «platonised» Socrates. I challenge this view by shedding light on the continuity between the Socratic dialogues and the Republic concerning the issue of the examination of the soul. Paying attention to this continuity enables us to perceive the unity of Platoâs project (which is motivated by a concern for politics) and to reject the idea of the two Socrates or worse, of a «schizophrenic Socrates,» as Vlastos once put it. My analysis rests on a political interpretation of Socratesâ famous watchword: «An unexamined life is not worth living for human beings».According to a widely held view, the disappearance of the elenchus in the middle and late dialogues would indicate an important shift in Platoâs thought. This shift would be so radical that the Socrates found in the Socratic dialogues would not be the same as the Socrates of the Republic. Whereas the first would be a faithful representation of the real âhistoricalâ Socrates, the second would be a false, «platonised» Socrates. I challenge this view by shedding light on the continuity between the Socratic dialogues and the Republic concerning the issue of the examination of the soul. Paying attention to this continuity enables us to perceive the unity of Platoâs project (which is motivated by a concern for politics) and to reject the idea of the two Socrates or worse, of a «schizophrenic Socrates,» as Vlastos once put it. My analysis rests on a political interpretation of Socratesâ famous watchword: «An unexamined life is not worth living for human beings»
Malaise dans la cité. Eros et tyrannie au livre IX de la République
⊠les instincts de mort opĂšrent essentiellement en silence (âŠ) tout le bruit de la vie Ă©mane dâĂ©ros.Freud, Le Moi et le Ăa Dans son cĂ©lĂšbre texte Malaise dans la culture, Freud a attirĂ© lâattention sur les tendances hostiles qui opposent lâindividu Ă la sociĂ©tĂ© et expliquent quâelle soit « constamment menacĂ©e de dĂ©sagrĂ©gation ». « La libertĂ© individuelle nâest pas un bien de culture », Ă©crit-il. En fait, dans la mesure oĂč la vie en sociĂ©tĂ© implique nĂ©cessairement une renonciation Ă la satisfa..
R. B. Clark, The Law Most Beautiful and Best : Medical Argument and Magical Rhetoric in Platoâs Laws
In recent years, several studies have been devoted to questions surrounding the preambles and the role of persuasion, both rational and irrational, in the Laws. The import of the medical analogy also captured the attention of several interpreters interested in the place granted to rhetoric in this last work of Plato. In the context of such questioning, Clarkâs book explores a dimension of the analogy between legislation and therapeia often neglectedâŻÂ : the presence, be it metaphorical or not,..
Sage vieillard et jeune associé. Réflexions sur la valeur du couple intergénérationnel à partir des Lois de Platon
Pour qui dĂ©sire explorer les vues des anciens sur la vieillesse, les Lois de Platon semblent incontournables. La vieillesse y est omniprĂ©sente non seulement comme thĂšme, mais aussi comme contexte dâĂ©criture, comme Ă©lĂ©ment narratif et, peut-ĂȘtre mĂȘme, comme style. On pourrait rĂ©sumer les Lois en disant quâil sâagit de lâĆuvre dâun vieillard, mettant en scĂšne trois vieillards, imaginant une citĂ© gouvernĂ©e par des vieillards, prĂŽnant le respect â sacrĂ©Â ! â des vieillards et des valeurs chĂšres au..
M. Migliori, L. M. Napolitano Valditara (eds.), D. Del Forno (co-ed.), Plato Ethicus. Philosophy is life, Proceedings of the International Colloquium, Piacenza (Italy) 2003
Ces actes dâun colloque tenu Ă Piacenza en 2003 regroupent 19 contributions (toutes Ă©crites ou traduites en anglais) dâinterprĂštes rĂ©putĂ©s, dont plus de la moitiĂ© sont Italiens, prĂ©cĂ©dĂ©es dâune introduction de L.M. Napolitano Valditara. Le titre, Plato Ethicus. Philosophy is life, semble suggĂ©rer que ces Ă©tudes portent sur la conception â principalement issue des travaux de P. Hadot â de la philosophie comme mode de vie. Bien quâon y trouve de brĂšves allusions ici et lĂ , ceux qui sâattendraie..
Du vin pour le CollĂšge de veille? Mise en lumiĂšre d'un lien occultĂ© entre le Choeur de Dionysos et le ÎœÏ ÎșÏΔÏÎčÎœÎżÏ ÏÏ Î»Î»ÎżÎłÎżÏ dans les Lois de Platon
M. Fattal, (Ă©d.), La Philosophie de Platon, tome 1
Ce recueil rassemble quatorze textes dâauteurs français et Ă©trangers portant sur divers aspects de la philosophie de Platon. Les thĂ©matiques abordĂ©es sont trĂšs variĂ©es comme en tĂ©moignent les titres des sept parties de lâouvrage : 1. Ăcriture, lecture et oralitĂ©Â : poĂ©sie et philosophie, 2. Art et imitation, 3. Du plaisir et de la science, 4. Logos et dialectique, 5. Philosophie et politique, 6.ThĂ©orie de la Forme et IdĂ©e du Bien, 7. Quels sont les principes hermĂ©neutiques dâune lecture histor..