Plato and Max Scheler on the Affective World

• Authors: Zaborowski Robert
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

After presenting Plato’s (mainly the Phaedrus) and Scheler’s (in his Formalism in Ethics ...) views on affectivity, differences and similarities between the two are listed. It turns out that Scheler’s model is closer to Plato’s than Scheler himself believed. Both of them were sympathetic to a hierarchical approach in regard to affectivity. Lastly, Scheler’s defective knowledge of Plato’s view on affectivity in the Formalism in Ethics ... is discussed.

Keywords

EN

Plato; Max Scheler; emotion; affective world; affectivity; hierarchical approach; depth

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów
• Journal: Organon
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 47
• Pages: 65-81

Contributors

author

Zaborowski Robert

• University of Warmia & Mazury

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