Dialectical Epimeleia: Platonic Care of the Soul and Philosophical Cognition
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 intellig...
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doaj-93fafcfa4c444329a8018aa9c7de60362020-11-25T03:50:15ZengCoimbra University PressPlato2079-75672183-41052018-03-011710.14195/2183-4105_17_6Dialectical Epimeleia: Platonic Care of the Soul and Philosophical CognitionJames M. Ambury0King’s College 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. https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/platojournal/article/view/5317dialectic, elenchus, care, affect, soul, wander. |
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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.
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dialectic, elenchus, care, affect, soul, wander. |
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