References to women in Plato’s Timaeus: Reading notes about their biological aspect, social function, and metaphoric valence

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Autor(a) principal: De Simone, Pia
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: ita
Título da fonte: Revista Archai (Online)
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archai/article/view/35096
Resumo: This work aims to investigate the occurrences of the female lexicon, in particular γυνή and μήτηρ, in the Timaeus, to bring out Plato's position regarding women that can be deduced from the hermeneutics of the examined passages. It is necessary to consider all the problems related to Plato's writings, including the argumentative structures used and the complexity of some concepts. The occurrences in the Timaeus, although not numerically conspicuous, are significant in terms of content, given the very nature of this dialogue, which aims to identify the position and role of man and his soul in the cosmos. In Timaeus’ Prologue, such as in the Republic, Plato expresses more open positions regarding the social role of women; instead in other passages, such as those dealing with the transmigration of souls, Plato uses images relating to women to help his listeners to understand very complex issues. These images, to be understandable, have to be adequate to the idea about women common to Plato’s time.
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spelling References to women in Plato’s Timaeus: Reading notes about their biological aspect, social function, and metaphoric valenceI riferimenti alle donne nel Timeo di Platone: Una nota di lettura sull’aspetto biologico, la funzione sociale e la valenza metaforicaWomenPlatoTimaeusRepublicsoulchoraDonnePlatoneTimeoRepubblicaanimachoraThis work aims to investigate the occurrences of the female lexicon, in particular γυνή and μήτηρ, in the Timaeus, to bring out Plato's position regarding women that can be deduced from the hermeneutics of the examined passages. It is necessary to consider all the problems related to Plato's writings, including the argumentative structures used and the complexity of some concepts. The occurrences in the Timaeus, although not numerically conspicuous, are significant in terms of content, given the very nature of this dialogue, which aims to identify the position and role of man and his soul in the cosmos. In Timaeus’ Prologue, such as in the Republic, Plato expresses more open positions regarding the social role of women; instead in other passages, such as those dealing with the transmigration of souls, Plato uses images relating to women to help his listeners to understand very complex issues. These images, to be understandable, have to be adequate to the idea about women common to Plato’s time.Questo lavoro si propone di indagare le occorrenze del lessico femminile, in particolare γυνή e μήτηρ, nel Timeo, per far emergere la posizione di Platone riguardo alle donne che si può evincere dall’ermeneutica dei passi esaminati. Bisogna considerare anche i problemi relativi all’interpretazione degli scritti di Platone, come le strutture argomentative di cui si serve e la complessità di alcuni concetti. Le occorrenze nel Timeo, sebbene non numerose, sono contenutisticamente significative, data la natura di questo dialogo che si propone di identificare la posizione e il ruolo nel cosmo dell’uomo e della sua anima. Nel prologo del Timeo, come anche nella Repubblica, Platone esprime posizioni più aperte riguardo al ruolo sociale delle donne; invece in altri passi, come quelli che trattano della trasmigrazione delle anime, Platone si serve di immagini relative alle donne per aiutare i suoi ascoltatori a comprendere questioni molto complesse. Tali immagini, per essere comprensibili, devono rispecchiare l’idea riguardo alle donne comune al tempo di Platone.Cátedra UNESCO Archai (Universidade de Brasília); Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal; Annablume Editora, São Paulo, Brasil2020-11-10info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticlesArtigoshttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archai/article/view/3509610.14195/1984-249X_30_35Revista Archai; No. 30 (2020): Archai 30 (2020 [3]); e03035Archai Journal; n. 30 (2020): Archai 30 (2020 [3]); e030351984-249X2179-496010.14195/1984-249X_30reponame:Revista Archai (Online)instname:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)instacron:UNBitahttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archai/article/view/35096/27883Copyright (c) 2020 Pia De Simonehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessDe Simone, Pia2020-12-07T18:03:09Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/35096Revistahttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archaiPUBhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archai/oai||archaijournal@unb.br|| cornelli@unb.br1984-249X1984-249Xopendoar:2020-12-07T18:03:09Revista Archai (Online) - Universidade de Brasília (UnB)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv References to women in Plato’s Timaeus: Reading notes about their biological aspect, social function, and metaphoric valence
I riferimenti alle donne nel Timeo di Platone: Una nota di lettura sull’aspetto biologico, la funzione sociale e la valenza metaforica
title References to women in Plato’s Timaeus: Reading notes about their biological aspect, social function, and metaphoric valence
spellingShingle References to women in Plato’s Timaeus: Reading notes about their biological aspect, social function, and metaphoric valence
De Simone, Pia
Women
Plato
Timaeus
Republic
soul
chora
Donne
Platone
Timeo
Repubblica
anima
chora
title_short References to women in Plato’s Timaeus: Reading notes about their biological aspect, social function, and metaphoric valence
title_full References to women in Plato’s Timaeus: Reading notes about their biological aspect, social function, and metaphoric valence
title_fullStr References to women in Plato’s Timaeus: Reading notes about their biological aspect, social function, and metaphoric valence
title_full_unstemmed References to women in Plato’s Timaeus: Reading notes about their biological aspect, social function, and metaphoric valence
title_sort References to women in Plato’s Timaeus: Reading notes about their biological aspect, social function, and metaphoric valence
author De Simone, Pia
author_facet De Simone, Pia
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv De Simone, Pia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Women
Plato
Timaeus
Republic
soul
chora
Donne
Platone
Timeo
Repubblica
anima
chora
topic Women
Plato
Timaeus
Republic
soul
chora
Donne
Platone
Timeo
Repubblica
anima
chora
description This work aims to investigate the occurrences of the female lexicon, in particular γυνή and μήτηρ, in the Timaeus, to bring out Plato's position regarding women that can be deduced from the hermeneutics of the examined passages. It is necessary to consider all the problems related to Plato's writings, including the argumentative structures used and the complexity of some concepts. The occurrences in the Timaeus, although not numerically conspicuous, are significant in terms of content, given the very nature of this dialogue, which aims to identify the position and role of man and his soul in the cosmos. In Timaeus’ Prologue, such as in the Republic, Plato expresses more open positions regarding the social role of women; instead in other passages, such as those dealing with the transmigration of souls, Plato uses images relating to women to help his listeners to understand very complex issues. These images, to be understandable, have to be adequate to the idea about women common to Plato’s time.
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