Argumentos anti-cirenaicos en el programa cultural de la República de Platón

Abstract

Platón plantea en República un programa cultural que supone la redefinición del papel de la poesía tradicional, habida cuenta de su asociación con los regímenes democrático y tiránico. Este punto, según pretendemos mostrar, puede ser legítimamente vinculado con la polémica anti-cirenaica desplegada por Platón contra Aristipo testimoniada por las fuentes antiguas. Para ello, por un lado, exploraremos los rasgos del biotipo tiránico y su régimen concomitante en República, VIII-IX y, por otro, analizaremos sus vínculos con los planteos anti-cirenaicos en el Gorgias. Este examen permitirá ofrecer claves de análisis para dos pasajes ampliamente discutidos de República, IX: el símil del ascensor y el número del tirano, que cobran nueva luz a partir de la consideración de esta polémica intra-socrática.Palabras clave: Psicología, Política, Aristipo, Poesía, TiraníaPlato put forward in Republic a cultural program. It implies the redefinition of the role of the traditional poetry because of its association with the democratic and tyrannical regimes. We intend to show that this point is connected with the anti-cyrenaic arguments that Plato raises against Aristippus. On the one hand, we will study the features of the tyrannical biotype and its correspondent regime in Republic, VIII-IX, and, on the other, we will analise its links with the anti-cyrenaic arguments in the Gorgias. This exam will allow us to offer some clues to better understand two highly discussed passages in Republic, IX: the analogy of the lift and the tyrant?s number. Both gain a new dimensión if this intra-socratic polemic is taken into account.Key-words: Psychology, Politics, Aristippus, Poetry, Tyranny

Plato put forward in Republic a cultural program. It implies the redefinition of the role of the traditional poetry because of its association with the democratic and tyrannical regimes. We intend to show that this point is connected with the anti-cyrenaic arguments that Plato raises against Aristippus. On the one hand, we will study the features of the tyrannical biotype and its correspondent regime in Republic, VIII-IX, and, on the other, we will analise its links with the anti-cyrenaic arguments in the Gorgias. This exam will allow us to offer some clues to better understand two highly discussed passages in Republic, IX: the analogy of the lift and the tyrant’s number. Both gain a new dimensión if this intra-socratic polemic is taken into account.