The notion of justice in the Republic and our need for “a cure through Platonism”

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  • Anna Kélessidou Author

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10.16928/2316-8080.v5n1p.250-255

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Justice Good living Philosophy Political life Republic Plato

Abstract

The text discusses the notion of justice in Plato's Republic and the ethos of the Platonic conception of justice, examined on the basis of the axiology of Book IV. It can never be said too often that what makes Platonism a pedagogical humanism is the idea of the psychagogic function of the logos, contained in the image of the Republic (521 c), where true philosophy consists in the capacity to turn the soul away from the dark day of ignorance and to raise it to the true day, through the re-education of the human person. This tireless search for the means that serve to improve life links morals and metaphysics to Plato's political and legal thought.

References

GABRIEL MARCEL,Les Hommes contre l'humain, Paris, 1968, p.

HENRI JOLY, Le Renversement platonicien. Logos, Epistéme, Polis. Paris, Vrin, 1980, 2ème èd.

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2014-02-01

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2014)

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KÉLESSIDOU, A. The notion of justice in the Republic and our need for “a cure through Platonism”. Revista de Propriedade Intelectual, Direito Contemporâneo e Constituição, v. 3, n. 1, p. 250–255, 1 Feb.2014.