Aristophanes and Plato: the agreement between on the problem of democratic freedom

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36517/Argumentos.16.32.93233

Keywords:

Democracia. Liberdade. Disrupção. Censura.

Abstract

Through a comparison between the satire on democratic expedients in Aristophanes’ Acharnians and the critique of democracy in Plato’s Republic, I intend to argue that comedy and philosophy arrive by means of diferent paths to a similar conclusion about the demos’ government, i.e., that their own operation provides the necessary elements for its disruption.

Author Biography

  • Cristina de Souza Agostini, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS)

    Bacharel, licenciada, mestre e doutora em Filosofia pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP), com estágio doutoral sanduíche na EHESS/Paris, sob a supervisão de Claude Calame. Pós-doutora em Letras Clássicas/Grego, também pela USP. Professora Adjunta do curso de Filosofia da Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS). Atua nas áreas de Filosofia Antiga e Ética, na graduação e no Mestrado Profissional em Filosofia (Profilo/UFMS)

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Published

2024-07-08 — Updated on 2025-10-06

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Vol. 16 No. 32 (2024)

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Dossier Transpositions in Antiquity Studies(s)

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Aristophanes and Plato: the agreement between on the problem of democratic freedom . (2025). Argumentos - Revista De Filosofia, 16(32), 91-100. https://doi.org/10.36517/Argumentos.16.32.93233