The Concept of Punishment in Plato's Eschatological Myths

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Concept of Punishment in Plato's Eschatological Myths

Original language description

The paper focuses on Plato&apos;s concept of punishment from the perspective of the eschatological myths in the Gorgias, the Phaedo and the Republic. The fundamental message of all three mythical accounts is found in the attempt to visualize the unseen life of the soul, with special attention to the conditions of its proper activity. The special issue of its rewards and punishments is not restricted to the afterlife experience of the soul but is primarily related to the here-and-now perspective of the incarnated life. Instead of the consequentialist vision of a post mortem destiny punishing past wrongdoing, the proposed interpretation stresses the actual concern with our present situation. Given the intrinsic value of virtue (and the corresponding badness of vice), the Platonic images of the afterlife could be read as an intensification of human experience during this life. Closely related topics - the process of judgement and the method and effect of punishment - are outlined in further detail. Here, the paper points out Plato&apos;s transformative approach to the function of punishment. Against the background of the contemporary Athenian legal system, Plato offers a philosophic alternative of cultivating the soul through the power of dialectical examination and Socratic elenchos.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60302 - Ethics (except ethics related to specific subfields)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Etica &amp; Politica

ISSN

1825-5167

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

2019

Issue of the periodical within the volume

21

Country of publishing house

IT - ITALY

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

571-582

UT code for WoS article

000501569000029

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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