The Platonic Dialectic: Method or Knowledge?
Keywords:
Dialectic, Plato, Epistéme, MethodAbstract
Throughout Plato’s writings the notion of Dialectic appears to carry severalsenses or aspects. Thus, we can recall its dual conception as a method and as rigoroussystematic knowledge (?????? ?) in the Republic. There is no doubt these two sides of Dialectics are difficult to harmonize. This difficulty is clearly shown in the differentand opposed hermeneutics of Plato’s thought in antiquity (Arcesilaus vs. Plotinus)as well as in contemporary Platonic scholarship. The author intends to clarify this issue through an analysis and discussion of the main texts in the Republic, and of thevarious interpretations given to them.
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