The Platonic Socrates addresses the question of the good in the central books of theRepublic(VI–VII). He names the good without claiming to possess the knowledge thereof. He names it in a sequence of affirmations without eidetic perspicuity—without defining the good in its whatness. At the insistence of his desirous interlocutor, Socrates ventures to speaklogoiadmittedly falling short of beauty, for, he says, discourses not illuminated by truth are ugly (R. 506c). Not knowing the truth regarding the good, he will at most (and reluctantly) offer an account of the “offspring” and “interest” of the good...
Baracchi, C. (2018). Measure, Excess, and the All: To Agathon in Plato. In S. Kirkland, E. Sanday (a cura di), A Companion to Ancient Philosophy (pp. 109-122). Northwestern University Press.
Measure, Excess, and the All: To Agathon in Plato
Baracchi, C
2018
Abstract
The Platonic Socrates addresses the question of the good in the central books of theRepublic(VI–VII). He names the good without claiming to possess the knowledge thereof. He names it in a sequence of affirmations without eidetic perspicuity—without defining the good in its whatness. At the insistence of his desirous interlocutor, Socrates ventures to speaklogoiadmittedly falling short of beauty, for, he says, discourses not illuminated by truth are ugly (R. 506c). Not knowing the truth regarding the good, he will at most (and reluctantly) offer an account of the “offspring” and “interest” of the good...
I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
