Literature and philosophy
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Resumo: | Literature is an artistic practice that tries to capture contingency, diversity, and movement in reality. In fact, literary art is made up of approximating essays. It´s an essayist art. Philosophy, all along history, has almost always shown a contrary tendency, as it reduces the richness of diversity to conceptual units, it tries to discover whatever is essential, and form systemic ideas. In this article, however, we would like to analyse a philosophic text that contradicts such tendency, namely, Menon, a dialogue written by Plato.We intend to show that the dialectic procedures developed by Plato come up with an essay on the central theme - virtue - which motivates the dialogic aspect in Menon. The Platonic concepts that will help to make all this clearer are doxa (opinion), alethésdoxa (true opinion), and eudoxia (harmonious opinion). If philosophizing becomes essay-like, then philosophizing is in tune with the art of literature. |
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Literature and philosophyLiteratura e FilosofiaLiteraturePhilosophyMenonPlatoThe Essayist Practice.LiteraturaFilosofiaMênonPlatãoPrática EnsaísticaLiterature is an artistic practice that tries to capture contingency, diversity, and movement in reality. In fact, literary art is made up of approximating essays. It´s an essayist art. Philosophy, all along history, has almost always shown a contrary tendency, as it reduces the richness of diversity to conceptual units, it tries to discover whatever is essential, and form systemic ideas. In this article, however, we would like to analyse a philosophic text that contradicts such tendency, namely, Menon, a dialogue written by Plato.We intend to show that the dialectic procedures developed by Plato come up with an essay on the central theme - virtue - which motivates the dialogic aspect in Menon. The Platonic concepts that will help to make all this clearer are doxa (opinion), alethésdoxa (true opinion), and eudoxia (harmonious opinion). If philosophizing becomes essay-like, then philosophizing is in tune with the art of literature.A literatura é uma prática artística que procura capturar a contingência, a diversidade, o movimento da realidade. A arte literária, de fato, se constitui através de ensaios aproximativos. É arte ensaística. A filosofia, ao longo de sua história, mostrou quase sempre uma tendência contrária: reduzir a riqueza da diversidade a unidades conceituais, buscar essências, construir ideias sistêmicas. Entretanto, no presente artigo, queremos analisar um texto filosófico que desmente essa tendência. Trata-se do Mênon, diálogo escrito por Platão, um dos grandes filósofos da Grécia antiga. Se o filosofar se torna ensaístico, então ele entra em sintonia com a arte literária.Editora da PUCRS - ediPUCRS2014-05-31info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/article/view/14554Letrônica; Vol. 6 No. 2 (2013): Teorias da Enunciação e Ensino & Filosofia e Literatura; 753-766Letrônica; v. 6 n. 2 (2013): Teorias da Enunciação e Ensino & Filosofia e Literatura; 753-7661984-4301reponame:letrônicainstname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)instacron:PUC_RSporhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/article/view/14554/11288Schaefer, Sérgioinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2017-02-23T21:25:38Zoai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/14554Revistahttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronicaPRIhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/oailetronica@pucrs.br||ivanetemileski@gmail.com1984-43011984-4301opendoar:2017-02-23T21:25:38letrônica - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)false |
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Literature and philosophy Schaefer, Sérgio Literature Philosophy Menon Plato The Essayist Practice. Literatura Filosofia Mênon Platão Prática Ensaística |
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Schaefer, Sérgio |
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Schaefer, Sérgio |
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Literature Philosophy Menon Plato The Essayist Practice. Literatura Filosofia Mênon Platão Prática Ensaística |
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Literature Philosophy Menon Plato The Essayist Practice. Literatura Filosofia Mênon Platão Prática Ensaística |
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Literature is an artistic practice that tries to capture contingency, diversity, and movement in reality. In fact, literary art is made up of approximating essays. It´s an essayist art. Philosophy, all along history, has almost always shown a contrary tendency, as it reduces the richness of diversity to conceptual units, it tries to discover whatever is essential, and form systemic ideas. In this article, however, we would like to analyse a philosophic text that contradicts such tendency, namely, Menon, a dialogue written by Plato.We intend to show that the dialectic procedures developed by Plato come up with an essay on the central theme - virtue - which motivates the dialogic aspect in Menon. The Platonic concepts that will help to make all this clearer are doxa (opinion), alethésdoxa (true opinion), and eudoxia (harmonious opinion). If philosophizing becomes essay-like, then philosophizing is in tune with the art of literature. |
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Letrônica; Vol. 6 No. 2 (2013): Teorias da Enunciação e Ensino & Filosofia e Literatura; 753-766 Letrônica; v. 6 n. 2 (2013): Teorias da Enunciação e Ensino & Filosofia e Literatura; 753-766 1984-4301 reponame:letrônica instname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) instacron:PUC_RS |
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