Epistemerastes. The Platonic Philosopher in the Timaeus between True Opinion and Science

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Autor(a) principal: Casella, Federico
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/41467
Resumo: The aim of this paper is to analyse the ways in which the nature of true philosophers is described in Plato’s Timaeus. Byexamining the distinction between two kinds of opinion – one (produced by sensation) absolutely false, the other (developed through one of the soul’s rational faculties) reliably true – I will try to show that Plato coined a new term to denote both true philosophers and the characteristics of their knowledge. From being a ‘love of wisdom’, true philosophy came to be defined as a ‘passion for science’. Finally, I will try to illustrate the protreptic intent underlying this choice of words and how it concerns the main critical target of the Timaeus, the so-called Presocratics.
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spelling Epistemerastes. The Platonic Philosopher in the Timaeus between True Opinion and SciencePlatoTimaeusEpistemologyPhilosophy of Nature The aim of this paper is to analyse the ways in which the nature of true philosophers is described in Plato’s Timaeus. Byexamining the distinction between two kinds of opinion – one (produced by sensation) absolutely false, the other (developed through one of the soul’s rational faculties) reliably true – I will try to show that Plato coined a new term to denote both true philosophers and the characteristics of their knowledge. From being a ‘love of wisdom’, true philosophy came to be defined as a ‘passion for science’. Finally, I will try to illustrate the protreptic intent underlying this choice of words and how it concerns the main critical target of the Timaeus, the so-called Presocratics. 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/4146710.14195/1984-249X_31_20Revista 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/41467/32210Copyright (c) 2021 Federico Casellahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCasella, Federico2022-01-25T01:46:00Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/41467Revistahttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archaiPUBhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archai/oai||archaijournal@unb.br|| cornelli@unb.br1984-249X1984-249Xopendoar:2022-01-25T01:46Revista Archai (Online) - Universidade de Brasília (UnB)false
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title Epistemerastes. The Platonic Philosopher in the Timaeus between True Opinion and Science
spellingShingle Epistemerastes. The Platonic Philosopher in the Timaeus between True Opinion and Science
Casella, Federico
Plato
Timaeus
Epistemology
Philosophy of Nature
title_short Epistemerastes. The Platonic Philosopher in the Timaeus between True Opinion and Science
title_full Epistemerastes. The Platonic Philosopher in the Timaeus between True Opinion and Science
title_fullStr Epistemerastes. The Platonic Philosopher in the Timaeus between True Opinion and Science
title_full_unstemmed Epistemerastes. The Platonic Philosopher in the Timaeus between True Opinion and Science
title_sort Epistemerastes. The Platonic Philosopher in the Timaeus between True Opinion and Science
author Casella, Federico
author_facet Casella, Federico
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Casella, Federico
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Plato
Timaeus
Epistemology
Philosophy of Nature
topic Plato
Timaeus
Epistemology
Philosophy of Nature
description The aim of this paper is to analyse the ways in which the nature of true philosophers is described in Plato’s Timaeus. Byexamining the distinction between two kinds of opinion – one (produced by sensation) absolutely false, the other (developed through one of the soul’s rational faculties) reliably true – I will try to show that Plato coined a new term to denote both true philosophers and the characteristics of their knowledge. From being a ‘love of wisdom’, true philosophy came to be defined as a ‘passion for science’. Finally, I will try to illustrate the protreptic intent underlying this choice of words and how it concerns the main critical target of the Timaeus, the so-called Presocratics.
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