Reason to Care
The Object and Structure of Self-Knowledge in the Alcibiades I
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23150658 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pauliina Remes (0000-0002-5105-9411, 1Uppsala University – Department of Philosophy, PO BOX 627 (Thunbergsvägen), Uppsala 75126 Sweden, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 270-301 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Apeiron (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-6390 • E-ISSN: 2156-7093 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/apeiron-2012-0039 |
| OpenAlex | W2089074010 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In Alcibiades 1, the object of self-knowledge is approached as a special case because of its interrelations within the polis. But can such a Platonic principle as the priority of definition - knowing what a thing is before one can say anything else that is auhoritative about it - be applied to the object of self-knowledge? The dialogue strives to individuate one aspect of human nature as focal. This is not a divinity outside human agency, but the soul under that aspect that makes it the agent of purposeful action and subject of her own talk and reasoning, worthy of our care.
Action (physics) · Agency (philosophy) · Divinity · Epistemology · Linguistics · Object (grammar) · Physics · Self · Self-knowledge · Soul · Subject (documents) · Theology · World Wide Web · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Computer Science · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2020 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |