Reality and Perspective: a study on the ontology of Plato\'s Sophist

Author(s)

Pablo Souto Maior Harduin

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2024-04-11

Examining board members

Marco Antonio de Avila Zingano; Roberto Bolzani Filho; Fernando Maciel Gazoni; Daniel Rossi Nunes Lopes

• Advisor: Marco Antonio de Avila Zingano

Abstract

This is a study on the ontology of Plato\'s Sophist, which consists of a direct analysis of the Greek text explained on my translation presented here in parts, commented and annotated. In the first part of this study, I present the semantic problem about the main concept of Platonic ontology at this stage of its development, namely, the concept of ?????, ?? ?? and ?????, which I translate, respectively, as \'to be real\' , \'real\' and \'reality\', to have consequences on my understanding of the type of ontology proposed here. In the second part, I address the new scheme for Platonic ontology as developed in the Sophist, complemented by comments referring to doctrinal points postulated in other dialogues which are reviewed and fundamentally modified here. This second part is internally divided into two parts: one regarding the \'Real\', ?? ??, and another regarding the \'Non-Real\', ?? ?? ??, concepts through which the problems concerning \'Truth\' and \'Falsehood\' are treated, on which it is based the new Platonic ontology on the dichotomy \'Reality\' vs. \'Perspective\' (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 19/13987-4 - Perspectivism, incommensurability and pleasure on Plato
• Grantee: Pablo Souto Maior Harduin
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate