SOKRATES A TÉLAUGES – AISCHINOVA SOKRATIKA MEDZI PLATONIZMOM A KYNIZMOM

• Authors: Škvrnda František

Title variants

EN

Socrates and Telauges – Aeschinesʼ Socratica between Platonism and Cynicism

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

Following paper offers a new interpretation of the fragments from Aeschinesʼ dialogue Telauges. The introduction briefly evaluates the literary sources of Aeschinesʼ fragments and problems related to their authorship and authenticity. In the first part we scrutinize ancient testimonies about general philosophical and rhetorical features of Aeschinesʼ dialogues. In the next parts we interpret all extant fragments from the dialogue Telauges and identify its putative Pythagorean background. We propose that the main theme of the dialogue was the question of the care of the self, articulated on the background of philosopherʼs material welfare and philanthropy. We conclude that Telauges probably reflected the consequences that chanced upon the first generation of Socratics immediately after Socratesʼ trial and that Aeschinesʼ Socratica stands in the middle between Platonism and Cynicism.

Keywords

EN

AESCHINES; TELAUGES; SOCRATES; PYTHAGOREAN; PHILANTHROPY; THERAPY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 74
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 40 – 51

Contributors

author

Škvrnda František

• Katedra medzinárodných politických vzťahov Ekonomickej univerzity v Bratislave, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2019.74.1.4