Self-knowledge and political paideia in Plato’s First Alcibiades
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sōphrosynē, care of the self (epimeleia), political virtues.
Abstract
Against a recent line of interpretation, which suggests that the Socratic exhortation to know ourselves expresses an interest in the singularity of the individual, I will suggest that the «self» involved in the Socratic precept refers to a universal element, namely, each individual’s soul in its common and shared aspect. I will therefore defend a minimal interpretation of the idea of self-knowledge, which excludes the initial process of acknowledgment of one’s own ignorance and emphasizes the negative elements of the Socratic argument.Downloads
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2014-03-26
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Braicovich R. S. (2014). Self-knowledge and political paideia in Plato’s First Alcibiades. Cuadernos de Filología Clásica. Estudios griegos e indoeuropeos, 24, 111-129. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CFCG.2014.v24.44724
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