El carácter político de la muerte de Sócrates

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2018
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Diogene
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ὁδοὶ νοῆσαι: Ways to Think. Essays in Honour of Néstor-Luis Cordero
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978-88-9363-090-0
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En el capítulo dedicado a Platón de su libro La invención de la filosofía, Néstor Cordero afirma lo siguiente: “toda la filosofía de Platón es un intento de explicación y de superación de la muerte de Sócrates”. La muerte injusta del maestro tras la condena de la sociedad ateniense habría sido el núcleo de los problemas filosóficos platónicos. en el presente trabajo nos proponemos profundizar esta idea de Cordero, intentando mostrar qué puede haber significado para Platón dicha muerte. Para ello, nos centraremos principalmente en las últimas palabras de Sócrates en el Fedón. Mucho se ha escrito acerca del posible significado de tales palabras. Una de las razones de tal multiplicidad de interpretaciones estriba en la tragedia (y, por ello mismo, riqueza) de todo grupo de “últimas palabras”: resulta imposible preguntar a quien las dijo qué quiso decir. En el presente trabajo nos proponemos retomar el enigma de la deuda con Asclepio a fin de rescatar cierto matiz político presente en el parlamento final de Sócrates. Para ello, nos detendremos en la concepción socrática del nacimiento y de la vida en tanto fenómenos eminentemente políticos para, a partir de allí, repensar el status de su muerte en esa misma clave. Finalmente, intentaremos relacionar el carácter político de la muerte con la referencia al dios Asclepio.
In the chapter dedicated to Plato in his book La invención de la filosofía, Néstor Cordero affirms the following: “Plato’s entire philosophy is an attempt to explain and overcome the death of Socrates”. The unjust death of Socrates after the condemnation of the Athenian society would have been the core of the Platonic philosophy. In the present work we intend to deepen this idea of Cordero, by trying to show what this death may have meant for Plato. In order to do that, we will focus mainly on the last words of Socrates in the Phaedo. Much has been written about the possible meaning of those words. One of the reasons for such a multiplicity of interpretations lies in the tragedy (and, for that matter, wealth) of any group of “last words”: it is impossible to ask the person who said them what he or she meant. In the present work, we propose to return to the enigma of the debt with Asclepio in order to rescue a certain political nuance present in the final parliament of Socrates. For this, we will analyze the Socratic conception of birth and life as eminently political phenomena and, from there, rethink the status of his death in that same key. Finally, we will try to relate the political character of death to the reference to the god Asclepius.
In the chapter dedicated to Plato in his book La invención de la filosofía, Néstor Cordero affirms the following: “Plato’s entire philosophy is an attempt to explain and overcome the death of Socrates”. The unjust death of Socrates after the condemnation of the Athenian society would have been the core of the Platonic philosophy. In the present work we intend to deepen this idea of Cordero, by trying to show what this death may have meant for Plato. In order to do that, we will focus mainly on the last words of Socrates in the Phaedo. Much has been written about the possible meaning of those words. One of the reasons for such a multiplicity of interpretations lies in the tragedy (and, for that matter, wealth) of any group of “last words”: it is impossible to ask the person who said them what he or she meant. In the present work, we propose to return to the enigma of the debt with Asclepio in order to rescue a certain political nuance present in the final parliament of Socrates. For this, we will analyze the Socratic conception of birth and life as eminently political phenomena and, from there, rethink the status of his death in that same key. Finally, we will try to relate the political character of death to the reference to the god Asclepius.
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