Between Religion and Politics in the Old Academy. The Possible Role of the Soul · Despite interpretations claiming the absence of a relevant ethical-political reflection in the Old Academy, from an overall analysis of the texts and philosophies of the first two Heads of the Platonic school after Plato’s death, Speusippus and Xenocrates, it seems possible to believe that there are hints not only of a structured political and religious conception in their philosophies but also of the ethical and political role of their psychological doctrine. In the face of a traditional religiosity already criticised and reinterpreted by Plato, it seems possible to trace in the two scholarchs a deconstruction of ancient myths, including Platonic myths themselves, in order to constitute a philosophical thought reintegrated with new religious attributes that have philosophical meanings and express new ethical values. This article intends to show that, despite the philosophical-mathematical terms adopted, this rationalisation does not preclude the possibility of recognising in the philosophical principles of the scholarchs themselves elements of religiosity that are part of the Greek religious tradition, but with new meanings, to transmit innovative ethical-political doctrines that fit into the Platonic teaching, although differ in relation to the changed political context in which they are formulated.
Tra religione e politica nell’Accademia antica. Il possibile ruolo dell’anima / Palmieri, Flavia. - In: ARCHIVIO DI FILOSOFIA. - ISSN 0004-0088. - XCI:1(2023), pp. 33-42. [10.19272/202308501004]
Tra religione e politica nell’Accademia antica. Il possibile ruolo dell’anima
Flavia Palmieri
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2023
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Between Religion and Politics in the Old Academy. The Possible Role of the Soul · Despite interpretations claiming the absence of a relevant ethical-political reflection in the Old Academy, from an overall analysis of the texts and philosophies of the first two Heads of the Platonic school after Plato’s death, Speusippus and Xenocrates, it seems possible to believe that there are hints not only of a structured political and religious conception in their philosophies but also of the ethical and political role of their psychological doctrine. In the face of a traditional religiosity already criticised and reinterpreted by Plato, it seems possible to trace in the two scholarchs a deconstruction of ancient myths, including Platonic myths themselves, in order to constitute a philosophical thought reintegrated with new religious attributes that have philosophical meanings and express new ethical values. This article intends to show that, despite the philosophical-mathematical terms adopted, this rationalisation does not preclude the possibility of recognising in the philosophical principles of the scholarchs themselves elements of religiosity that are part of the Greek religious tradition, but with new meanings, to transmit innovative ethical-political doctrines that fit into the Platonic teaching, although differ in relation to the changed political context in which they are formulated.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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