The unreasonable character in Plato’s Republic

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Autor(a) principal: de Souza Agostini, Cristina
Data de Publicação: 2024
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Codex : Revista de Estudos Clássicos
Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/CODEX/article/view/62408
Resumo: In this paper, I start from EN discussion on pathe’s configuration and its intrinsic relationship with human actions to discuss how the character Thrasymachus of the Republic’s Dialogue can be considered a paradigmatic example of a disposition whose reason is inoperative. Indeed, since this sophist is deeply rooted in his world’s conceptions, without admitting the hypothesis that his positions and answers about many subjects are shown incorrect for they fall into contradiction, beforehand all possibility of dialogue fails with such a man. Thus, in Republic, on the one hand, dialogic action shows the power it exercises in the souls of those who are willing to suffer its effects, but on the other hand, it points to the limits to which it is subjected. The deviation from the rational order, i.e., unreason, is an insurmountable obstacle to Socratic philosopher insofar as it signals to the end of discourse and the bestial ferocity’s prevalence. Certainly, Thrasymachus is the beast with whom it is not possible to dialogue. 
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spelling The unreasonable character in Plato’s RepublicO personagem desarrazoado n'A República, de PlatãounreasondialogueemotionsPlatonic dialoguePathosRepublicdesrazãodiálogoemoçõesDiálogo platônicopathosRepúblicaIn this paper, I start from EN discussion on pathe’s configuration and its intrinsic relationship with human actions to discuss how the character Thrasymachus of the Republic’s Dialogue can be considered a paradigmatic example of a disposition whose reason is inoperative. Indeed, since this sophist is deeply rooted in his world’s conceptions, without admitting the hypothesis that his positions and answers about many subjects are shown incorrect for they fall into contradiction, beforehand all possibility of dialogue fails with such a man. Thus, in Republic, on the one hand, dialogic action shows the power it exercises in the souls of those who are willing to suffer its effects, but on the other hand, it points to the limits to which it is subjected. The deviation from the rational order, i.e., unreason, is an insurmountable obstacle to Socratic philosopher insofar as it signals to the end of discourse and the bestial ferocity’s prevalence. Certainly, Thrasymachus is the beast with whom it is not possible to dialogue. Partindo da discussão da Ethica Nicomachea sobre a configuração dos pathe e a intrínseca relação que eles mantêm com as ações humanas, o artigo visa discutir de que modo a personagem Trasímaco, do diálogo platônico A República, pode ser considerada um exemplo paradigmático do caráter cuja razão se encontra inoperante. Com efeito, uma vez que o sofista está arraigado a suas concepções de mundo, sem admitir a hipótese de que suas posições e respostas acerca dos mais diversos assuntos sejam demonstradas incorretas, por incidirem em contradição, toda a possibilidade de diálogo com tal homem fracassa, de antemão. Assim, n’ A República, a ação dialógica, de um lado,  mostra o poder que exerce nas almas dos que estão dispostos a sofrer seus efeitos, mas, de outro lado, aponta para os limites aos quais está submetida. O completo desvio da ordem racional, ou seja, a desrazão, é um obstáculo insuperável ao filósofo socrático na medida em que sinaliza para o fim do discurso e a prevalência da ferocidade bestial. E, certamente, Trasímaco é a besta com a qual não é possível dialogar. Proaera-UFRJ2024-03-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArtigos de convidadosapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/CODEX/article/view/6240810.25187/codex.v11i2.62408CODEX - Revista de Estudos Clássicos; v. 11 n. 2 (2023): Publicação contínua; e112202313CODEX - Revista de Estudos Clássicos; Vol. 11 No. 2 (2023): Publicação contínua; e1122023132176-177910.25187/codex.v11i2reponame:Codex : Revista de Estudos Clássicosinstname:Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)instacron:UFRJporhttps://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/CODEX/article/view/62408/40259Copyright (c) 2024 Cristina de Souza Agostinihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessde Souza Agostini, Cristina2024-03-09T19:29:31Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/62408Revistahttps://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/CODEX/indexPUBhttps://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/CODEX/oaicodex@letras.ufrj.br||codex@letras.ufrj.br||biadipaoli@gmail.com2176-17792176-1779opendoar:2024-03-09T19:29:31Codex : Revista de Estudos Clássicos - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The unreasonable character in Plato’s Republic
O personagem desarrazoado n'A República, de Platão
title The unreasonable character in Plato’s Republic
spellingShingle The unreasonable character in Plato’s Republic
de Souza Agostini, Cristina
unreason
dialogue
emotions
Platonic dialogue
Pathos
Republic
desrazão
diálogo
emoções
Diálogo platônico
pathos
República
title_short The unreasonable character in Plato’s Republic
title_full The unreasonable character in Plato’s Republic
title_fullStr The unreasonable character in Plato’s Republic
title_full_unstemmed The unreasonable character in Plato’s Republic
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author de Souza Agostini, Cristina
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv unreason
dialogue
emotions
Platonic dialogue
Pathos
Republic
desrazão
diálogo
emoções
Diálogo platônico
pathos
República
topic unreason
dialogue
emotions
Platonic dialogue
Pathos
Republic
desrazão
diálogo
emoções
Diálogo platônico
pathos
República
description In this paper, I start from EN discussion on pathe’s configuration and its intrinsic relationship with human actions to discuss how the character Thrasymachus of the Republic’s Dialogue can be considered a paradigmatic example of a disposition whose reason is inoperative. Indeed, since this sophist is deeply rooted in his world’s conceptions, without admitting the hypothesis that his positions and answers about many subjects are shown incorrect for they fall into contradiction, beforehand all possibility of dialogue fails with such a man. Thus, in Republic, on the one hand, dialogic action shows the power it exercises in the souls of those who are willing to suffer its effects, but on the other hand, it points to the limits to which it is subjected. The deviation from the rational order, i.e., unreason, is an insurmountable obstacle to Socratic philosopher insofar as it signals to the end of discourse and the bestial ferocity’s prevalence. Certainly, Thrasymachus is the beast with whom it is not possible to dialogue. 
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