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| Author(s): |
Luiz Eduardo Gonçalves Oliveira Freitas
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2023-03-10 |
| Examining board members: |
Roberto Bolzani Filho;
Daniel Rossi Nunes Lopes;
Fernando Decio Porto Muniz;
Olivier Renaut
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| Advisor: | Roberto Bolzani Filho |
| Abstract | |
This study aims to analyze how Plato conceives the notion of shame (aidôs/aischunê) in his Dialogues. Despite the lack of systematic discussions or definitions about this concept, there are a lot of references to shame throughout Plato\'s works. The corresponding vocabulary, including the adjective aischron (ugly/shameful) is often cited in Socrates\' arguments with his interlocutors. Different characters turn out to be embarrassed or ashamed of having their positions examined by the end of their elenchos, as in the prominent case of the Gorgias. And in the discussions on moral psychology in the Republic, shame plays an important role: it characterizes thumos, a part of the soul distinct from reason and appetite. Our study combines these different elements in the Dialogues in order to understand how shame is conceived and to determine its role amidst the key concepts and theories in Plato\'s psychological, epistemological and political frameworks. To do so, we associate the more explicitly formulated philosophical arguments with what we call the dialogues\' dramatic devices, i.e., the meaning proposed by the personalities and behaviors of the characters as represented in the Dialogues. I believe that, by doing so, we can get a better grasp of Plato\'s complex views on shame, both as a disposition of the soul that connects one with their social environment and a moral emotion that intermediates the relation between cognition and pleasure. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 17/18451-0 - Shame in Plato's Dialogues |
| Grantee: | Luiz Eduardo Gonçalves Oliveira Freitas |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |