„Duszny” zwierzyniec jako obraz człowieka Platona

• Authors: Sosnowski Leszek

Title variants

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THE INTERNAL ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN AS PLATO`S IMAGE OF MAN

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Animal metaphors have been often used in European culture. Philosophers have used them since antiquity. Animals illustrate thoughts and arguments in their writings. Plato includes an almost complete zoological garden in his dialogues. There are both domestic and wild animals, employed for literary, psychological, didactic or educational reasons. The most famous animal, however, is the tortoise, well known from Zeno of Elea’s defense of the Parmenidean doctrines. The tortoise has been used in the writings of prominent philosophers such as Aristotle, Shaftesbury, Locke, Leibniz, Bergson and Russell.

Keywords

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PLATO; IMAGE OF MAN; ANIMAL METAPHORS

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Umiejętności / Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Kwartalnik Filozoficzny
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 107 - 123

Contributors

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Sosnowski Leszek

• Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Instytut Filozofii, ul. Grodzka 52, 31 - 044 Kraków, Poland