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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Junior, Adail Pereira Carvalho
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.
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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.