Hiparco atribuído a Platão e a natureza da tirania

• Autor(a) principal: Colen, José A.
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34632/gaudiumsciendi.2017.2943

Hipparchusis a Platonic dialogue that begins abruptly with the question: "what is the love of profit, who are the profiteers?". It shows how Socrates defies conventions and seeks the root of Greek traditional ethics. Socrates dialogues with a fellow Athenian who believes that the love of profit deserves censure; he questions the young, forcing him to review his own principles and, finally, leaves him perplexed. The reference to Hipparchus comes as a detour in the dialogue. Hipparchus was the son of tyrant Pisistratus, but Socrates argues that the tyranny of Hipparchus was in fact benign and wise; that he was in fact trying to educate his fellow citizens, leading them to admire his superior wisdom. The long praise of Hipparchus is poisonous: the supposed rehabilitation reinforces the negative impression on the reader, but no one is surprised that Socrates was convicted of corrupting the youth by encouraging disrespect of moral traditions of the city. The text conveys, therefore, the "popular" vision of Socrates, which ultimately leads to his conviction.