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Title: Dialectical Epimeleia: Platonic Care of the Soul and Philosophical Cognition
Authors: Ambury, James M.
Keywords: dialectic;elenchus;care;affect;soul;wander
Issue Date: 2017
Publisher: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra
Abstract: In this paper I argue that Plato’s notion of the care of the self is his remedy to the psychological malady he refers to as ‘wandering’. The wandering self requires care, and a close reading of the Platonic corpus indicates self-cultivation means stabilizing the soul in accordance with its intelligent nature. I then argue that Plato appropriates the ethical injunction to care for the soul and draws from it an important epistemological consequence. Specifically, his view is that a wandering soul’s instability renders it incapable of philosophical cognition. To engender a healthy soul, one must participate in dialectic.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/43598
ISSN: 2079-7567
2183-4105 (PDF)
DOI: 10.14195/2183-4105_17_6
Rights: open access
Appears in Collections:Plato Journal

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