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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| 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 |
| 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. |
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