Mania and epithymia in Plato: a study of Phaedrus and Banquet
Plato in the Phaedrus dialogue, presents Eros in the role of an irrational force that has a connection with mania (delirium), whose various forms, according to the second speech of Socrates, are not all negative. In the Banquet, Eros takes a special way, a constitutive dimension as epithymia (Wish)....
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) |
| Repositorio: | Argumentos : Revista de Filosofia (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufc:article/19070 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/article/view/19070 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Eros. Mania. Epithymia. Platão. Eros. Mania. Epithymia. Plato. |
| Sumario: | Plato in the Phaedrus dialogue, presents Eros in the role of an irrational force that has a connection with mania (delirium), whose various forms, according to the second speech of Socrates, are not all negative. In the Banquet, Eros takes a special way, a constitutive dimension as epithymia (Wish). Indeed, the notion of Eros as both positive form of mania, as of epithymia has a prominent place in the philosophy of Plato, it takes the role of a key driver of human life, including there in the very philosophical activity. |
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