Plato’s Ion
An Interpretation with a Sociopolitical Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22105656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hippokratis Kiaris (0000-0002-8999-8289, University of South Carolina, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 02 |
| Pages | 178-182 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Advances in Literary Study (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2327-4034 • E-ISSN: 2327-4050 |
| Publisher | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4236/als.2023.112012 |
| OpenAlex | W4366811230 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Ion is probably the most underappreciated dialogue of Plato. Its conventional interpretation focuses on his criticism of artistic creation, that is viewed as the result of divine inspiration and occurs outside the artist’s awareness. I propose that Ion possesses an additional important value, as a form of social criticism: By disengaging the poet from the reciter, Plato targets specifically the latter, and his position in the society, but not the former that is spared from the philosopher’s criticism. Poet’s divine inspiration is just a metaphor for exceptional creativity which is used by the reciter for his personal benefits
Aesthetics · Art · Creativity · Criticism · Epistemology · Literature · Metaphor · Theology · Visual arts · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Computer Science · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |