This paper reinterprets Plato’s problematic ideas on literacy by situating them within the broader framework of his political thought. It ultimately argues that Plato may have derived these ideas from Pharaonic Egypt. Indeed, in both the Timaeus and the Critias, Plato himself claims that his utopia – the Kallípolis described in the Republic – is, as K. Marx once observed (Das Kapital XII.388), fundamentally akin to the Pharaonic state.
Tra Platone e Petosiris. L'ambiguo malanno della parola scritta / Piccolo, Alessandro. - (2019), pp. 103-117. (Intervento presentato al convegno Homo Loquens. Valori e Veicoli della Parola nel Mondo Antico e Medioevale tenutosi a Turin,Italy).
Tra Platone e Petosiris. L'ambiguo malanno della parola scritta.
Alessandro Piccolo
2019
Abstract
This paper reinterprets Plato’s problematic ideas on literacy by situating them within the broader framework of his political thought. It ultimately argues that Plato may have derived these ideas from Pharaonic Egypt. Indeed, in both the Timaeus and the Critias, Plato himself claims that his utopia – the Kallípolis described in the Republic – is, as K. Marx once observed (Das Kapital XII.388), fundamentally akin to the Pharaonic state.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
