Measure and passions in Plato’s Statesman

Authors

  • Marcelo Perine

Abstract

Starting from the platonic concept of thumos/thumoeides formulated in the Republic, the paper intends to show (1) the originality of the those concepts for the Plato’s anthropological conception of the individual and the citizen; (2) its coherence with the platonic doctrine of the Principles, delivered by the so called indirect tradition of the Platonism, and, (3) its fecundity for a contemporary reflection about the action of the statesman and about the political action of the philosopher.

Key words: Plato, courage, moderation, measure, mixture, indirect tradition.

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Published

2021-06-04

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PERINE, M. Measure and passions in Plato’s Statesman. Filosofia Unisinos / Unisinos Journal of Philosophy, São Leopoldo, v. 8, n. 3, p. 213–226, 2021. Disponível em: https://www.revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/filosofia/article/view/5824. Acesso em: 24 may. 2025.

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Vol. 8 No. 3 (2007): September/December

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