A Much-Disputed "Whole" at Phaedrus 270

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

A Much-Disputed "Whole" at Phaedrus 270

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The article discusses several possible interpretations of Socrates' suggestion that we cannot "understand the nature of soul satisfactorily without understanding the nature of the whole" (Phaedrus 270c1-2). Against those who take the "whole" implied herefor the cosmic whole, it argues that nothing in the Phaedrus justifies this interpretation. In the light of both Socrates' conception of rhetoric in this dialogue and his image of the tripartite soul in the palinode, the "whole" whose knowledge is prerequisite to knowing the soul's nature is better understood as either the whole of the composed soul or the whole soul-body compound. The real problem of the passage, the article concludes, is that we lack any clear criteria that would enable us to decidebetween these two readings. At the same time, the dramatic progress of the dialogue makes it possible to argue that Phaedrus briefly misunderstands Socrates' meaning by reading in it some cosmological connotations. This possibility notwit

Název v anglickém jazyce

A Much-Disputed "Whole" at Phaedrus 270

Popis výsledku anglicky

The article discusses several possible interpretations of Socrates' suggestion that we cannot "understand the nature of soul satisfactorily without understanding the nature of the whole" (Phaedrus 270c1-2). Against those who take the "whole" implied herefor the cosmic whole, it argues that nothing in the Phaedrus justifies this interpretation. In the light of both Socrates' conception of rhetoric in this dialogue and his image of the tripartite soul in the palinode, the "whole" whose knowledge is prerequisite to knowing the soul's nature is better understood as either the whole of the composed soul or the whole soul-body compound. The real problem of the passage, the article concludes, is that we lack any clear criteria that would enable us to decidebetween these two readings. At the same time, the dramatic progress of the dialogue makes it possible to argue that Phaedrus briefly misunderstands Socrates' meaning by reading in it some cosmological connotations. This possibility notwit

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AA - Filosofie a náboženství

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GAP401%2F11%2F0568" target="_blank" >GAP401/11/0568: Řád poznání, řád morálky a řád obce v Platónově filosofii a platónské tradici</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2012

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Croatian Journal of Philosophy

ISSN

1333-1108

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

12

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

35

Stát vydavatele periodika

HR - Chorvatská republika

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

139-152

Kód UT WoS článku

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