Alessandra Fussi
Biographic Data
| ID | 2144083 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alessandra Fussi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alessandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Fussi |
| SIGNATURE | FUSSI A |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5648-6685 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Moral Psychology of Shame
Few emotions have divided opinion as deeply as shame. Some scholars have argued that shame is essentially a maladaptive emotion used to oppress minorities and reinforce stigmas and traumas, an emotion that leaves the self at the mercy of powerful others. Other scholars, however, have argued that the absence of a sense of shame in a subject—their shamelessness—is tantamount to a vicious moral insensitivity. As the eleven original chapters in this …
Love of the Good, Love of the Whole
Diotima criticizes, but does not refute, Aristophanes' thesis that love is desire for completeness. Her argument incorporates that thesis within a more complex theory: eros is desire for the permanent possession of the good, and hence also desire for immortality. Aristophanes cannot account for the aspirations entailed in the desire for fame or in the desire for knowledge. Such aspirations can be understood only with reference to the good. Howeve…
Plato's Symposium
Inconsistencies in Glaucon’s Account of Justice
This paper identifies major inconsistencies in the threefold argument that Glaucon presents in defence of Thrasymachus in the second book of Plato’s Republic. Specifically, the paper argues for three claims. Firstly, it argues that in his account of the origin of justice Glaucon treats the consequences of justice as necessary, while in the test case he merely emphasizes incidental consequences. Secondly, the paper argues that in setting up the te…
Why Is the Gorgias so Bitter?
Why Is the Gorgias so Bitter?1 Alessandra Fussi Mihi in oratoribus irridendis ipse esse orator summus videbatur. -Cicero, De Oratore 1.47 1. The hand of an apprentice? Commentators have often responded with uneasiness to Plato's Gorgias. E. R. Dodds speaks of the "disillusioned bitterness" of the criticisms leveled against Athenian politics and politicians and of the tragic tone of the dialogue's last part, which culminates in a prediction of Soc…
Callicles’ Examples of ϙὄπρζ ς ζ ιὔωηθζ in Plato’s Gorgias
Analyse poetique et theorique des exemples cites par Callicles dans son discours rhetorique dirige contre la rhetorique au nom des lois de la nature, dans le «Gorgias» de Platon. Examinant la distinction entre nature (phusis) et convention (nomos), Callicles utilise l'omnipotence de la rhetorique pour assoir son propre pouvoir
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Callicles’ Examples of ϙὄπρζ ς ζ ιὔωηθζ in Plato’s Gorgias
Analyse poetique et theorique des exemples cites par Callicles dans son discours rhetorique dirige contre la rhetorique au nom des lois de la nature, dans le «Gorgias» de Platon. Examinant la distinction entre nature (phusis) et convention (nomos), Callicles utilise l'omnipotence de la rhetorique pour assoir son propre pouvoir
Why Is the Gorgias so Bitter?
Why Is the Gorgias so Bitter?1 Alessandra Fussi Mihi in oratoribus irridendis ipse esse orator summus videbatur. -Cicero, De Oratore 1.47 1. The hand of an apprentice? Commentators have often responded with uneasiness to Plato's Gorgias. E. R. Dodds speaks of the "disillusioned bitterness" of the criticisms leveled against Athenian politics and politicians and of the tragic tone of the dialogue's last part, which culminates in a prediction of Soc…
Inconsistencies in Glaucon’s Account of Justice
This paper identifies major inconsistencies in the threefold argument that Glaucon presents in defence of Thrasymachus in the second book of Plato’s Republic. Specifically, the paper argues for three claims. Firstly, it argues that in his account of the origin of justice Glaucon treats the consequences of justice as necessary, while in the test case he merely emphasizes incidental consequences. Secondly, the paper argues that in setting up the te…
Plato's Symposium
Love of the Good, Love of the Whole
Diotima criticizes, but does not refute, Aristophanes' thesis that love is desire for completeness. Her argument incorporates that thesis within a more complex theory: eros is desire for the permanent possession of the good, and hence also desire for immortality. Aristophanes cannot account for the aspirations entailed in the desire for fame or in the desire for knowledge. Such aspirations can be understood only with reference to the good. Howeve…
The Moral Psychology of Shame
Few emotions have divided opinion as deeply as shame. Some scholars have argued that shame is essentially a maladaptive emotion used to oppress minorities and reinforce stigmas and traumas, an emotion that leaves the self at the mercy of powerful others. Other scholars, however, have argued that the absence of a sense of shame in a subject—their shamelessness—is tantamount to a vicious moral insensitivity. As the eleven original chapters in this …
Classical Philosophy and Thought (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Admiration (1 work)