KTO SÚ FRONIMOI V PLATÓNOVOM DIALÓGU GORGIAS? (GORG. 489E3-491D3)

• Authors: Wollner Ulrich

Title variants

EN

Who are the Phronimoi in Plato’s Gorgias? (Gorg.489e3-491d3)

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

In 489e3-491d3 of Plato’s Gorgias one can find various derivatives of the adjective “wise” (phronimos) in two Callicles’ cardinal triads. In the first triad he adds two comparatives: “better” and “superior”. In the second triad he adds “manly” to “superior”. These triads represent the necessary characteristics of a true ruler, which enable him to rule appropriately as well as to fulfil the strictly hedonistic claim “to have more”. Socrates tries to persuade Callicles that there is no direct proportion between “to be wise” and “having more”. Socrates uses various examples to show him that his connecting “wise” with the principle of “having more” could bring about the unacceptable identifying the claim of being “wise” with techné.

Keywords

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PHRONESIS; GORGIAS; SOCRATES; CALLICLES; PLATO

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 73
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 97 – 107

Contributors

author

Wollner Ulrich

• Katedra filozofie, Filozofická fakultaUMB, Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic