What Is Wrong with Degenerate Souls in the Republic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11585303 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Era Gavrielides (1King’s College London Strand, London WC2R 2LS United Kingdom, Email: [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 203-227 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phronesis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8868 • E-ISSN: 1568-5284 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156852810792001898 |
| OpenAlex | W2093707423 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The Republic splits the soul into three parts: the logistikon (reason), the thumoeides (spirit) and the epithumetikon (appetite). In a virtuous soul all the parts do their own work and the logistikon is ruling. In what follows I argue that a non-question-begging account of why the logistikon should rule must take into account the psychological complexity of virtuous and non-virtuous characters in the Republic. And while this is often accepted by those arguing that the unity of degenerate souls is unstable or fragile I will argue, in opposition, that what is actually wrong with degenerate souls is that they have the wrong kind of unity ‐ a unity by force ‐ which can be very stable but which is nonetheless a unity in tension. On the other hand the rule of the logistikon can provide unity by persuasion, a unity which is not only stable but also free from tension
Begging · Epistemology · Opposition (politics · Persuasion · Political science · Soul · The Republic · Theology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Law · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
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| Citation span | 2013 - 2015 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |