Epicurean Transmission Or Parádosis, Between The Protreptikós Lógos And The Paraínesis
At the beginning of the Letter to Menoeceus can be interpreted as a protreptikós lógos. However, the rest of the letter conforms to the pattern of parainesis which is the series of advice that a Master offered to his disciples, who had adhered to his philosophical school. Following this standpoint,...
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I22-R128-article-55502024-12-03T14:41:37Z Epicurean Transmission Or Parádosis, Between The Protreptikós Lógos And The Paraínesis La transmisión o Parádosis epicúrea, entre el protreptikós lógos y la paraínesis Navarro, Jorge Fernando Epicurus Transmission Protreptic Parenetic Practical Wisdom Epicuro Transmisión Protréptico Parenésis Prudencia At the beginning of the Letter to Menoeceus can be interpreted as a protreptikós lógos. However, the rest of the letter conforms to the pattern of parainesis which is the series of advice that a Master offered to his disciples, who had adhered to his philosophical school. Following this standpoint, Epicurus reminds Menoeceus of the exercise of the way of life he had chosen and the schemes (týpoi) of philosophy. This article intends to show that in the Letter to Menoeceus, both protreptikós lógos and paraínesis work as forms of transmission. By the analysis of the passages in which Epicurus refers that human beings must discover the end of nature (tò tês phýseos télos), which consists in knowing that good things (tò tón agathón péras) have a limit as well as the painful ones. The best-known formula of Epicurean ethics will also be analyzed, often called in secondary literature the tetraphármakos (quadruple medicine): “God presents no fears, death no worries. And while good is readily attainable, evil is readily endurable.” The aim of the research will be to point out that for Epicurus, the greatest source of pleasure (hedoné) is the virtue of practical wisdom (phrónesis). Connected to this, I argue that the Epicurean transmission (parádosis) used the protreptic (protreptikós lógos) and parenetic (paraínesis) discourse to urge the disciples the cultivation of phrónesis. El carácter de protreptikós lógos que presenta el incipit de la “Carta a Meneceo” resulta innegable. No obstante, el resto de la carta parece ajustarse, más que a la prótrepsis, al modelo de la paraínesis, es decir, los consejos que un Maestro ofrecía a sus discípulos. Nos proponemos mostrar que, en la Carta a Meneceo, el protreptikós lógos, es una de las formas de transmisión (parádosis) de Epicuro, que no puede darse sin la paraínesis. En este sentido, en su exposición filosófica el Maestro de Samos presentaba su doctrina del tetraphármakos, según la cual, no se han de temer a los dioses, la muerte no es nada para los hombres, el alcer es fácil de conquistar y el dolor no dura en el tiempo. Por otra parte, en lo que concierne a un razonamiento sobre el placer y su límite, este se adquiere a condición de poner en práctica un saber prudencial (phrónesis) acerca de los deseos. Con el fin de transmitir ambas cosas, Epicuro apeló a la forma de protreptikós lógos y de la paraínesis para instar a sus discípulos el cultivo de la virtud de la phrónesis, cuya primacía se halla fundamentada desde los principios mismos de la filosofía epicúrea. Facultad de Humanidades UNCo 2023-12-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf text/html https://revele.uncoma.edu.ar/index.php/filosofia/article/view/5550 ark:/s18537960/yroxag82q Páginas de Filosofía; Vol. 24 No. 27 (2023); 77-103 Páginas de Filosofía; Vol. 24 Núm. 27 (2023); 77-103 1853-7960 0327-5108 spa https://revele.uncoma.edu.ar/index.php/filosofia/article/view/5550/62459 https://revele.uncoma.edu.ar/index.php/filosofia/article/view/5550/62518 Derechos de autor 2024 Páginas de Filosofía https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
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At the beginning of the Letter to Menoeceus can be interpreted as a protreptikós lógos. However, the rest of the letter conforms to the pattern of parainesis which is the series of advice that a Master offered to his disciples, who had adhered to his philosophical school. Following this standpoint, Epicurus reminds Menoeceus of the exercise of the way of life he had chosen and the schemes (týpoi) of philosophy. This article intends to show that in the Letter to Menoeceus, both protreptikós lógos and paraínesis work as forms of transmission. By the analysis of the passages in which Epicurus refers that human beings must discover the end of nature (tò tês phýseos télos), which consists in knowing that good things (tò tón agathón péras) have a limit as well as the painful ones. The best-known formula of Epicurean ethics will also be analyzed, often called in secondary literature the tetraphármakos (quadruple medicine): “God presents no fears, death no worries. And while good is readily attainable, evil is readily endurable.” The aim of the research will be to point out that for Epicurus, the greatest source of pleasure (hedoné) is the virtue of practical wisdom (phrónesis). Connected to this, I argue that the Epicurean transmission (parádosis) used the protreptic (protreptikós lógos) and parenetic (paraínesis) discourse to urge the disciples the cultivation of phrónesis. |
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