Reason and Dreaming in Republic IX and the Timaeus
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F19%3A10406824" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/19:10406824 - isvavai.cz</a>
Výsledek na webu
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=F0Rkwa2rg4" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=F0Rkwa2rg4</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/rhiz-2019-0001" target="_blank" >10.1515/rhiz-2019-0001</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Reason and Dreaming in Republic IX and the Timaeus
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
The article discusses two passages, Republic IX, 571d6-572b1, and Timaeus 71a3-72b5, where Plato does not use dream as a metaphor for the soul's deficit in knowledge but, instead, focuses on the actual process of dreaming during sleep, and the origin and nature of the images involved. In both texts, Plato's account is closely connected to the soul's tripartition, with the resulting emphasis on reason's capacity to control, and even to create, the dream images that influence the lower parts of the soul. While taking a closer look at the differences between the two accounts (and, therefore, at the physiology of dreaming described only in the Timaeus), the article concludes that, despite these differences, both dialogues agree on the possible alliance between reason and dreaming, an alliance that presupposes a virtuous character and further reinforces the reason's dominance over appetite. Republic IX and the Timaeus thus converge on the idea that dreams, in virtue of their continuity with waking thoughts, can convey and fortify a certain kind of knowledge, and especially self-knowledge, which is of an ethical rather than strictly epistemic relevance. This is also why Plato's two accounts of rational dreaming anticipate the issue of our moral responsibility for the content of our dreams.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Reason and Dreaming in Republic IX and the Timaeus
Popis výsledku anglicky
The article discusses two passages, Republic IX, 571d6-572b1, and Timaeus 71a3-72b5, where Plato does not use dream as a metaphor for the soul's deficit in knowledge but, instead, focuses on the actual process of dreaming during sleep, and the origin and nature of the images involved. In both texts, Plato's account is closely connected to the soul's tripartition, with the resulting emphasis on reason's capacity to control, and even to create, the dream images that influence the lower parts of the soul. While taking a closer look at the differences between the two accounts (and, therefore, at the physiology of dreaming described only in the Timaeus), the article concludes that, despite these differences, both dialogues agree on the possible alliance between reason and dreaming, an alliance that presupposes a virtuous character and further reinforces the reason's dominance over appetite. Republic IX and the Timaeus thus converge on the idea that dreams, in virtue of their continuity with waking thoughts, can convey and fortify a certain kind of knowledge, and especially self-knowledge, which is of an ethical rather than strictly epistemic relevance. This is also why Plato's two accounts of rational dreaming anticipate the issue of our moral responsibility for the content of our dreams.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
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OECD FORD obor
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
<a href="/cs/project/GA17-05919S" target="_blank" >GA17-05919S: Mezi vnímáním a propozičním poznáním</a><br>
Návaznosti
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2019
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Rhizomata
ISSN
2196-5110
e-ISSN
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Svazek periodika
7
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
1
Stát vydavatele periodika
DE - Spolková republika Německo
Počet stran výsledku
32
Strana od-do
1-32
Kód UT WoS článku
000489325700001
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
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