Plato’s Phaedo and “the Art of Glaucus”: Transcending the Distortions of Developmentalism

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Autor(a) principal: Furness Altman, William Henry
Data de Publicação: 2021
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista Archai (Online)
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archai/article/view/41466
Resumo: In a 1985 article, Diskin Clay offered a modern solution to an ancient problem: instead of choosing between the scholiast’s two different explanations of “the art of Glaucus,” he offered a more textual explanation based on Socrates’ image of the distorted appearance of the embodied soul in Republic X. This paper’s thesis is that we should reconsider the way we read Socrates’ last discourse by privileging its dramatic and didactic aspects in a manner that allows us to give Clay’s insights the weight they deserve. This is preferable to regarding Phaedo as an outgrown stage of Plato’s development rather than the dramatic culmination of the dialogues as a whole, and the hegemonic hermeneutic based on chronological order of composition has made this great dialogue’s original form as unrecognizable as the ocean has made Glaucus.
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spelling Plato’s Phaedo and “the Art of Glaucus”: Transcending the Distortions of DevelopmentalismPlatoPhaedodevelopmentalism In a 1985 article, Diskin Clay offered a modern solution to an ancient problem: instead of choosing between the scholiast’s two different explanations of “the art of Glaucus,” he offered a more textual explanation based on Socrates’ image of the distorted appearance of the embodied soul in Republic X. This paper’s thesis is that we should reconsider the way we read Socrates’ last discourse by privileging its dramatic and didactic aspects in a manner that allows us to give Clay’s insights the weight they deserve. This is preferable to regarding Phaedo as an outgrown stage of Plato’s development rather than the dramatic culmination of the dialogues as a whole, and the hegemonic hermeneutic based on chronological order of composition has made this great dialogue’s original form as unrecognizable as the ocean has made Glaucus. Cátedra UNESCO Archai (Universidade de Brasília); Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal; Annablume Editora, São Paulo, Brasil2021-12-17info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticlesArtigosapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archai/article/view/4146610.14195/1984-249X_31_e031Revista Archai; No. 31 (2021): Archai 31 (2021)Archai Journal; n. 31 (2021): Archai 31 (2021)1984-249X2179-496010.14195/1984-249X_31reponame:Revista Archai (Online)instname:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)instacron:UNBenghttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archai/article/view/41466/32209Copyright (c) 2021 William Henry Furness Altmanhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFurness Altman, William Henry2022-01-27T21:08:27Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/41466Revistahttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archaiPUBhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archai/oai||archaijournal@unb.br|| cornelli@unb.br1984-249X1984-249Xopendoar:2022-01-27T21:08:27Revista Archai (Online) - Universidade de Brasília (UnB)false
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title Plato’s Phaedo and “the Art of Glaucus”: Transcending the Distortions of Developmentalism
spellingShingle Plato’s Phaedo and “the Art of Glaucus”: Transcending the Distortions of Developmentalism
Furness Altman, William Henry
Plato
Phaedo
developmentalism
title_short Plato’s Phaedo and “the Art of Glaucus”: Transcending the Distortions of Developmentalism
title_full Plato’s Phaedo and “the Art of Glaucus”: Transcending the Distortions of Developmentalism
title_fullStr Plato’s Phaedo and “the Art of Glaucus”: Transcending the Distortions of Developmentalism
title_full_unstemmed Plato’s Phaedo and “the Art of Glaucus”: Transcending the Distortions of Developmentalism
title_sort Plato’s Phaedo and “the Art of Glaucus”: Transcending the Distortions of Developmentalism
author Furness Altman, William Henry
author_facet Furness Altman, William Henry
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Plato
Phaedo
developmentalism
topic Plato
Phaedo
developmentalism
description In a 1985 article, Diskin Clay offered a modern solution to an ancient problem: instead of choosing between the scholiast’s two different explanations of “the art of Glaucus,” he offered a more textual explanation based on Socrates’ image of the distorted appearance of the embodied soul in Republic X. This paper’s thesis is that we should reconsider the way we read Socrates’ last discourse by privileging its dramatic and didactic aspects in a manner that allows us to give Clay’s insights the weight they deserve. This is preferable to regarding Phaedo as an outgrown stage of Plato’s development rather than the dramatic culmination of the dialogues as a whole, and the hegemonic hermeneutic based on chronological order of composition has made this great dialogue’s original form as unrecognizable as the ocean has made Glaucus.
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