Rhetoric and philosophy in Plato’s Phaedrus: a critique of Trabattoni’s reading

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https://doi.org/10.31977/grirfi.v4i2.507

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Éros; Dialectic; Philosophy; Rhetoric.

Abstract

 The dialogue Phaedrus presents a hard problem of interpretation to Plato’s readers: how to unite the two main themes discussed in the text – love and the art of discourses. In a recent work, the italian scholar Franco Trabattoni proposes the idea that Plato unites the themes of love and art of discourse through a thesis about the nature of philosophical thought and discourse. This thesis, says Trabattoni, implies the recognition of philosophical knowledge limitation in its pretension to access the truth. In this article it’ll be argued that Trabattoni’s interpretation, by omitting important aspects of Plato’s text, is inadequate.

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Author Biography

Jean Rodrigues Siqueira, Universidade Castelo Branco (UNICASTELO)

Mestre em Filosofia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC/SP), São Paulo – Brasil, Professor e Coordenador do curso de Filosofia da Universidade Camilo Castelo Branco (UNICASTELO), São Paulo - Brasil.

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CALVO, Tomas. “Socrates first speech in the Phaedrus and Plato’s criticism of rethoric” in ROSSETI, L. (ed.) Understanding the Phaedrus – Proceedings of the II Symposium Platonicum. Sankt Augustin: Academia Verlag, 1992.

KHAN, Charles H. Plato and the socratic dialogue: the philosophical use of a literary form. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

PLATO. Phaedrus. Translated by Harold N. Flower. London: Harvard University Press, 2005 (Loeb Classical Library).

PERINE, Marcelo. Retórica é/e filosofia. Leituras do Fedro, p. 1. Comunicação proferida no X Simpósio Interdisciplinar de Estudos Greco-Romanos, 2003.

TRABATTONI, Franco. Oralidade e escrita em Platão. Tradução de Fernando E. de B. R. Puente e Roberto B. Filho. São Paulo: Discurso Editorial, 2003.

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Published

2011-12-14

How to Cite

SIQUEIRA, Jean Rodrigues. Rhetoric and philosophy in Plato’s Phaedrus: a critique of Trabattoni’s reading. Griot : Revista de Filosofia, [S. l.], v. 4, n. 2, p. 96–104, 2011. DOI: 10.31977/grirfi.v4i2.507. Disponível em: https://www3.ufrb.edu.br/index.php/griot/article/view/507. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2024.

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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2011)

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