quarta-feira, 2 de outubro de 2019

Notes on Plato's Phaedrus

The wise men: notes on Plato’s Phaedrus
Luiz Maurício Bentim da Rocha Menezes
Abstract
On Plato’s Phaedrus, Socrates, in his Second Speech (243e9–257b6), decides to make a demonstration [ἀπόδειξις] that the madness of love was given to us by gods for our happiness. This consist in find the truth about human nature of the soul [ψυχῆς φύσεως], both divine and human. We take this demonstration as an object of our analysis, specifically the passage 245c, where Socrates will affirm that demonstration will be only credible by the wise men (sophoí) and incredible by skilled (deinoí). This work aims to clarify what kind of distinction is that made by Socrates and why only the wise men can believe in such demonstration.

Subject Areas
Philosophy. Ancient Philosophy.

Keywords
Plato, Phaedrus, Nature of the Soul, Myth, Ancient Philosophy.

Link to the article: here.