Naslov
Platonic justice as a concept of psychological and social well-being

Autori
Blažetić, Laura

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), ostalo

Skup
The Seventh Annual International Society for Neoplatonic Studies Conference

Mjesto i datum
Kraków, Poljska, 18.06.2009. - 22.06.2009

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Plato; soul; justice; social life; learning; psychology

Sažetak
The Platonic, namely Plato's notion of justice as it is expressed in The Republic, can be described and interpreted as a kind of paradigm for the good life of the individual, describing the requirements for the psychological well-being of a person and also comprising at least the general guidelines for participating in the social life. Having a 'well-ordered' (or 'just') soul enables the human being to function as a healthy, responsible and productive individual ; not only on the individual level, but also as a member of society. Also, this Platonic concept of justice, if considered in its relation to the three key similes that describe the Form of the Good (the allegories of the Divided line, the Sun and the Cave), ignores neither the 'biological' needs of the human being nor the learning process that the human individual should pass through in order to understand its own place and purpose in the society and in the world as a whole.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filozofija

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