¿Qué parte del alma es “τῶν φαύλων τι ἐν ἡμῖν” en Rep. 10.603a7-8?
The mention of ‘something of the base in us’ (τῶν φαύλων τι ἐν ἡμῖν) at Rep. 10.603a7-8 has been mostly understood, on the basis of the tripartite division of the soul in Book 4 of the Republic, as referring to the ἐπιθυμητικόν of the soul, or, alternatively, to the ἐπιθυμητικόν and the θυμοειδές, a...
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ARFIL y UNL
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/index/article/view/14212 |
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| Sumario: | The mention of ‘something of the base in us’ (τῶν φαύλων τι ἐν ἡμῖν) at Rep. 10.603a7-8 has been mostly understood, on the basis of the tripartite division of the soul in Book 4 of the Republic, as referring to the ἐπιθυμητικόν of the soul, or, alternatively, to the ἐπιθυμητικόν and the θυμοειδές, as irrational aspects of the soul. According to this exegetical line, the appetitive part –or rather, the appetitive and the spirited– would include, according to the developments at Rep. 10.602c4-606d7, not only the appetites, as in the treatment Book 4, but also a certain capacity of judgement in relation to sensoperception, as well as overflowing emotions of the soul. In this interpretation ‘something of the base in us’ seems then to be a heterogeneous set of psychic elements of diverse characteristics, agglutinated in the appetitive part. I intend to show here that ‘something of the base in us’ refers, centrally, to the corruption of the λογιστικόν by a misuse of this part of the soul, and derivatively to those other aspects of the soul that can distort the judgements of reason and its proper functioning, such as not only the appetites, but also sensitive perceptions –especially those that are deceptive– as well as disruptive emotional states. |
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