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

Authors

  • Adail Pereira Carvalho Junior Universidade Estadual do Piauí

    DOI:

    https://doi.org/10.36517/arf.v6i12.19070

    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.

    Published

    2014-07-01

    Issue

    Section

    Dossiê Filosofia Antiga

    How to Cite

    Junior, A. P. C. (2014). Mania and epithymia in Plato: a study of Phaedrus and Banquet. Argumentos - Revista De Filosofia, 6(12). https://doi.org/10.36517/arf.v6i12.19070