The psychosomatics attributes in Plato’s Timaeus and Charmides
Disease and health of man
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21859520 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hugo Filgueiras de Araújo (0000-0002-6142-3897, Universidade Federal do Ceará, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 30 |
| Pages | 7-22 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Argumentos - Revista de Filosofia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1984-4247 • E-ISSN: 1984-4255 |
| Publisher | Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.36517/argumentos.30.1 |
| OpenAlex | W4409132379 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The paper analyzes in Plato the integration/συναμφότερον between the human soul and body in Charmides and Timaeus exploring the ideas of health/ὑγίεια and disease/νόσος and how they originate in man. The thesis is that in Plato’s thought there is a strong presence of an integrated view of man, the relationship between the constitutive instances (soul and body) being psychosomatic, since both suffer (πάσχω) influence from each other. The nuances of the soulbody relationship are also considered with regard to the psychophysical aspects of this compound. As a consequence, it goes beyond the dualistic interpretation erroneously propagated by philosophy manuals, which insist that in Plato the soul must despise the body. In other words, what “seems” in Plato’s texts to be a reference to a strong tension between soul and body is in fact a warning by the philosopher of the need for a balanced integration between both
Disease · Pathology · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychosomatics · Empathy and Medical Education · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |