References to women in Plato's Timaeus. Reading notes about their biological aspect, social function, and metaphoric valence

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作者
De Simone, Pia [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Trier, Trier, Germany
[2] Univ Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy
来源
ARCHAI-REVISTA DE ESTUDOS SOBRE AS ORIGENS DO PENSAMENTO OCIDENTAL | 2020年 / 30卷
关键词
Women; Plato; Timaeus; Republic; soul; chora;
D O I
10.14195/1984-249X_30_35
中图分类号
C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
This work aims to investigate the occurrences of the female lexicon, in particular gamma upsilon nu eta' and mu eta'tau eta rho, in the Timaeus, to bring out Plato's position regarding women that can be deduced from the hermeneutics of the examined passages. It is necessary to consider all the problems related to Plato's writings, including the argumentative structures used and the complexity of some concepts. The occurrences in the Timaeus, although not numerically conspicuous, are significant in terms of content, given the very nature of this dialogue, which aims to identify the position and role of man and his soul in the cosmos. In Timaeus Prologue, such as in the Republic, Plato expresses more open positions regarding the social role of women; instead in other passages, such as those dealing with the transmigration of souls, Plato uses images relating to women to help his listeners to understand very complex issues. These images, to be understandable, have to be adequate to the idea about women common to Platos time.
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