Walls and wealth in Plato’s Philebus. Status Quaestionis

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  • Bernat Torres Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Keywords:

Plato, Philebus, hermeneutics, doctrinal readings, esceptical readings.

Abstract

The paper exposes the main modern readings of Plato’s Philebus. It places them in relation to two axes and three ways of approaching the dialogue. The axes are, on the one side, the doctrinal readings, which often emphasize excessively the distance between philosophy and the literature or dramatic action in the dialogue; on the other side, the readings that aim to bring down this gap, often offering a more skeptical reading of the dialogue. The three ways of approaching the dialogue (which are actually the result of some doctrinal readings which have to be also understood throught the philosophical tradition) are: the ethical approach of the dialogue concerning the good in human life; the ontological approach concerning the principles; and, finally, the methodological approach.

Key words: Plato, Philebus, hermeneutics, doctrinal readings, esceptical readings.

Author Biography

Bernat Torres, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya




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Torres, B. (2012). Walls and wealth in Plato’s <i>Philebus</i>. Status Quaestionis. Anuari De La Societat Catalana De Filosofia, (23), 239–270. Retrieved from https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/ASCF/article/view/64567

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Platonic Bulletin (IX)

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