PATOČKOVA PÉČE O DUŠI MEZI SÓKRATEM, PLATÓNEM A ARISTOTELEM

• Authors: Ivan Blecha

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Patočka’s care of the soul: From Socrates through Plato to Aristotle

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

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The paper investigates the structure of Patočka’s interpretation of „the care of the soul“. From Patočka’s analyses as well as from the commentary works it is obvious, that Patočka’s eminent interest was to render the soul as open, unconceivable, problematic and as such forcing a person to live in a positive uncertainty, i.e. in a moral condition which makes her responsible for her own deeds. In ancient tradition this stand seems to have been adopted by Socrates whom Patočka on this very ground prefers to Plato, who on the contrary made the care of the soul as a part of his metaphysical theory of ideas. Some Patočka’s accounts suggest, however, that this Socratic conception did not comfort the later Patočka either. Thus the conception which he personally appreciated at most goes back to Aristotle who was the first who introduce the concept of action. As far as the author knows, this point is not taken into account sufficiently in secondary sources, although it substantially changes the pattern of Patočka’s care of the soul and makes new interpretations of his conception possible.

Keywords

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SOCRATES; PLATO; ARISTOTLE; PATOČKA; SOUL

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 70
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 409 – 419

Contributors

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Ivan Blecha

• Katedra filosofie FF PU, Olomouc, Czech Republic