The Asceticism of the Phaedo: Pleasure, Purification, and the Soul’s Proper Activity

I argue that according to Socrates in the Phaedo we should not merely evaluate bodily pleasures and desires as worthless or bad, but actively avoid them. We need to avoid them because they change our values and make us believe falsehoods. This change in values and acceptance of falsehoods undermines...

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Autor: Ebrey, David, 1978-
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Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
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title The Asceticism of the Phaedo: Pleasure, Purification, and the Soul’s Proper Activity
spellingShingle The Asceticism of the Phaedo: Pleasure, Purification, and the Soul’s Proper Activity
Ebrey, David, 1978-
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Asceticism
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title_short The Asceticism of the Phaedo: Pleasure, Purification, and the Soul’s Proper Activity
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title_fullStr The Asceticism of the Phaedo: Pleasure, Purification, and the Soul’s Proper Activity
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Asceticism
Plató, 428 aC o 427 aC-348 aC o 347 aC. Fedó
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Asceticism
Plató, 428 aC o 427 aC-348 aC o 347 aC. Fedó
description I argue that according to Socrates in the Phaedo we should not merely evaluate bodily pleasures and desires as worthless or bad, but actively avoid them. We need to avoid them because they change our values and make us believe falsehoods. This change in values and acceptance of falsehoods undermines the soul's proper activity, making virtue and happiness impossible for us. I situate this account of why we should avoid bodily pleasures within Plato's project in the Phaedo of providing Pythagorean and Orphic ideas with clearer meanings and better justifications.
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