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Callicles as a Potential Tyrant in Plato's Gorgias

Lopes , Daniel R. N.

Journal of Ancient Philosophy; Vol. 17 No 1 (2023); 01-35

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Callicles as a Potential Tyrant in Plato's Gorgias
Autor: Lopes , Daniel R. N.
Assuntos: Plato; Moral Psychology; Tyranny; Callicles
É parte de: Journal of Ancient Philosophy; Vol. 17 No 1 (2023); 01-35
Descrição: This essay argues that Callicles is depicted by Plato in the Gorgias as a potential tyrant from a psychological standpoint. To this end I will contend that the Calliclean moral psychology sketched at 491e-492c points towards the analysis of the tyrannical individual pursued by Plato in books VIII and IX of the Republic based upon the tripartite theory of the soul. I will thereby attempt to show that (i) in the Gorgias, Callicles does not actually personify the ideal of the superior person advocated by himself insofar as he is still susceptible to shame, as evinced by Socrates' cross-examination (494c-495a); and that (ii) looking forward to the Republic, he can be understood for this same reason as being precisely on the threshold between the democratic and the tyrannical soul.
Títulos relacionados: https://www.revistas.usp.br/filosofiaantiga/article/view/212443/194628
Editor: Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas
Data de criação/publicação: 2023-05-31
Formato: Adobe PDF
Idioma: Inglês

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