Philosophical life and metaphorical death in the Phaedo

The core of the philosophical life as proposed by Socrates in the first part of the Phaedo is to reach the truth with soul and thinking both purified, so as to come to know the virtues and the ideas in themselves. This experience constitutes a process metaphorically anticipating physical death, as i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Vella, Giovanni
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Brasil
Institución:Faculdade de São Bento (FSB)
Repositorio:Hypnos
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.hypnos.org.br:article/101
Acceso en línea:https://hypnos.org.br/index.php/hypnos/article/view/101
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:soul
body
death
Ethics
alma
corpo
morte
ética
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Sumario:The core of the philosophical life as proposed by Socrates in the first part of the Phaedo is to reach the truth with soul and thinking both purified, so as to come to know the virtues and the ideas in themselves. This experience constitutes a process metaphorically anticipating physical death, as it prepares the philosopher – while still in this life – to ethical and noetic contemplation of pure absolute wisdom, through the exercise of sound reasoning.