THE TYRANNICAL SOUL OF ALCIBIADES AT PLATO'S SYMPOSIUM

被引：0

作者：

Bieda, Esteban ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Buenos Aires, CONICET, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina

来源：

AGORA-PAPELES DE FILOSOFIA | 2016年 / 35卷 / 01期

关键词：

Alcibiades; Plato; Symposium; Republic; Thucydides;

D O I：

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中图分类号：

B [哲学、宗教];

学科分类号：

01 ; 0101 ;

摘要：

The reunion described in Plato's Symposium takes place in the year 416 b.C.. One year later, Thucydides points out one specific aspect of the personality of the historical Alcibiades: his alleged tyrannical aspirations. Is there any way in which it would be possible to link the berserk lover of the Symposium with the proto-tyrant of Thucydides? In this article I propose that the key to explain the complexity of Plato's character lies in the description of the soul of the tyrannical man in Republic VIII-IX. In order to do that, first I will do a portrayal of the famous Athenian general according to Thucydides and Plutarch; secondly, I will expound the characteristics of the tyrannical soul as it is described in the Republic; finally, I will integrate all these elements in order to interpret Alcibiades words in the Symposium, trying to show how Plato suggests some tyrannical aspects of his soul.

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