Mania and epithymia in Plato: a study of Phaedrus and Banquet

Authors

  • Adail Pereira Carvalho Junior Universidade Estadual do Piauí

Keywords:

Eros. Mania. Epithymia. Plato.

Abstract

Plato in the Phaedrus dialogue, presents Eros in the role of an irrational force that has a connection with mania (delirium), whose various forms, according to the second speech of Socrates, are not all negative. In the Banquet, Eros takes a special way, a constitutive dimension as epithymia (Wish). Indeed, the notion of Eros as both positive form of mania, as of epithymia has a prominent place in the philosophy of Plato, it takes the role of a key driver of human life, including there in the very philosophical activity.

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Published

2014-07-01

Issue

No. 12

Section

Dossiê Filosofia Antiga

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