The Failure of Philosophical Love: A Reading on Plato’s Symposium
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Resumo: | In this paper I argue that Socrates' speech in Plato’s Symposium cannot by itself express Plato’s view of love. All the non-philosophical speeches, each standing for a different contemporary view of love, should be taken into serious consideration, for they are not mere pastiches of empty theories. In fact, they seem to have been placed there to have their intellectual strength tested by philosophy, for not only their contents reveal commonsensical accepted wisdom, but their discursive beauty powerfully impresses the audience, making them true challenges to the cold, though persuasive logos of philosophy. Furthermore, placing Alcibiades' speech right after Diotima’s austere account of love, when the program of speeches as proposed seemed to have arrived at an end, would be unnecessary, if Plato’s aim were simply to disapprove Alcibiades’ behavior to excuse Socrates political attitudes, as it is assumed by Leon Robin in his Notice to his famous translation to the Belles Lettres edition. On the contrary, Alcibiades’ speech sounds more like a criticism of Socratic love made by Plato himself. |
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The Failure of Philosophical Love: A Reading on Plato’s SymposiumL' échec de l'amour philosophique: Une autre manière de lire Le Banquet de PlatonPlato's SymposiumPlatonic loveErosphilosophical logosBanquetPlatonAmour platoniqueErosLogos philosophiqueIn this paper I argue that Socrates' speech in Plato’s Symposium cannot by itself express Plato’s view of love. All the non-philosophical speeches, each standing for a different contemporary view of love, should be taken into serious consideration, for they are not mere pastiches of empty theories. In fact, they seem to have been placed there to have their intellectual strength tested by philosophy, for not only their contents reveal commonsensical accepted wisdom, but their discursive beauty powerfully impresses the audience, making them true challenges to the cold, though persuasive logos of philosophy. Furthermore, placing Alcibiades' speech right after Diotima’s austere account of love, when the program of speeches as proposed seemed to have arrived at an end, would be unnecessary, if Plato’s aim were simply to disapprove Alcibiades’ behavior to excuse Socrates political attitudes, as it is assumed by Leon Robin in his Notice to his famous translation to the Belles Lettres edition. On the contrary, Alcibiades’ speech sounds more like a criticism of Socratic love made by Plato himself.Mon but est de montrer que le discours de Socrate dans Le Banquet n'exprime pas l'opinion de Platon sur l'amour, contrairement à ce que suppose la grande majorité des scholars. Les discours non philosophiques qui précèdent celui de Socrate sont, eux-aussi, des expressions qui doivent participer à l'évaluation du sens platonicien et ne devraient pas être lus comme de simples pastiches de théories considérées inconsistantes, mais plutôt comme des théories capables de défier véritablement le savoir philosophique. S’il n’en était pas ainsi, il nous faudrait admettre que des discours volontairement fragiles y sont introduits par Platon dans le seul but de montrer la supériorité de la philosophie. L'article propose en outre une nouvelle interprétation de la parole d’Alcibiade, distincte de la traditionnelle. En introduisant Alcibiade peu après la parole apothéotique de la prêtresse Diotima, le but de Platon n’est pas, comme le prétendent Léon Robin et ses disciples, celui de desapprouver Alcibiade et excuser les attitudes politiques de Socrate. Le but de Platon, au contraire, est de montrer l'échec de l'amour philosophique.Cátedra UNESCO Archai (Universidade de Brasília); Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal; Annablume Editora, São Paulo, Brasil2018-09-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticlesArtigosapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archai/article/view/1279210.14195/1984-249X_24_4Revista Archai; No. 24 (2018): Archai Journal nº24 (September, 2018); 137Archai Journal; n. 24 (2018): Revista Archai nº24 (setembro, 2018); 1371984-249X2179-496010.14195/1984-249X_24reponame:Revista Archai (Online)instname:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)instacron:UNBfrahttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archai/article/view/12792/11178Franco, Irley F.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2019-08-19T15:34:22Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/12792Revistahttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archaiPUBhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archai/oai||archaijournal@unb.br|| cornelli@unb.br1984-249X1984-249Xopendoar:2019-08-19T15:34:22Revista Archai (Online) - Universidade de Brasília (UnB)false |
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The Failure of Philosophical Love: A Reading on Plato’s Symposium L' échec de l'amour philosophique: Une autre manière de lire Le Banquet de Platon |
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The Failure of Philosophical Love: A Reading on Plato’s Symposium |
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The Failure of Philosophical Love: A Reading on Plato’s Symposium Franco, Irley F. Plato's Symposium Platonic love Eros philosophical logos Banquet Platon Amour platonique Eros Logos philosophique |
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The Failure of Philosophical Love: A Reading on Plato’s Symposium |
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The Failure of Philosophical Love: A Reading on Plato’s Symposium |
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The Failure of Philosophical Love: A Reading on Plato’s Symposium |
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The Failure of Philosophical Love: A Reading on Plato’s Symposium |
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The Failure of Philosophical Love: A Reading on Plato’s Symposium |
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Franco, Irley F. |
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Franco, Irley F. |
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Franco, Irley F. |
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Plato's Symposium Platonic love Eros philosophical logos Banquet Platon Amour platonique Eros Logos philosophique |
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Plato's Symposium Platonic love Eros philosophical logos Banquet Platon Amour platonique Eros Logos philosophique |
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In this paper I argue that Socrates' speech in Plato’s Symposium cannot by itself express Plato’s view of love. All the non-philosophical speeches, each standing for a different contemporary view of love, should be taken into serious consideration, for they are not mere pastiches of empty theories. In fact, they seem to have been placed there to have their intellectual strength tested by philosophy, for not only their contents reveal commonsensical accepted wisdom, but their discursive beauty powerfully impresses the audience, making them true challenges to the cold, though persuasive logos of philosophy. Furthermore, placing Alcibiades' speech right after Diotima’s austere account of love, when the program of speeches as proposed seemed to have arrived at an end, would be unnecessary, if Plato’s aim were simply to disapprove Alcibiades’ behavior to excuse Socrates political attitudes, as it is assumed by Leon Robin in his Notice to his famous translation to the Belles Lettres edition. On the contrary, Alcibiades’ speech sounds more like a criticism of Socratic love made by Plato himself. |
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Cátedra UNESCO Archai (Universidade de Brasília); Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal; Annablume Editora, São Paulo, Brasil |
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