Isonomy and Difference: the reception of the role of women in facing the waves in Politeía V

Authors

  • Magda Guadalupe dos Santos

Keywords:

difference, women, isonomy, gender

Abstract

The text is concerned with the first two waves of the Platonic Politéia, discussed through conceptual readings of the role of women in the construction of a fair city. In the demonstrative symbology of the text, one finds the télos of the ideal of a city governed by the philosopher. However, the first two waves portray themselves as a catalyst, to be analysed from different controversial perspectives. The greatest challenge one faces in Platonic texts is to read the Politéia from the view of reception theory, considering the work to be a true potential of effects, in which the principles of isonomy, identity and difference validate one another in a paradoxical manner.

Author Biography

Magda Guadalupe dos Santos

Magda Guadalupe dos Santos é Mestre em Filosofia e Doutora em Direito pela UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil. E-mail: magda.guadalupe@yahoo.com.br