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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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