PHILOSOPHY AS ART IN ARISTOTLE'SPROTREPTICUS

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Güremen R.

METAPHILOSOPHY, cilt.51, sa.4, ss.571-592, 2020 (AHCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 51 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/meta.12448
  • Dergi Adı: METAPHILOSOPHY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Philosopher's Index, Political Science Complete, Sociological abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.571-592
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Observing certain affinities with Plato'sAlcibiades I, this paper argues that a distinction betweencare(epimeleia) of the soul and philosophy as its art (techne) is reflected in Aristotle'sProtrepticus. On the basis of this distinction, it claims that two notions of philosophy can be distinguished in theProtrepticus: philosophy asepistemeand philosophy astechne. The former has the function of contemplating the truth of nature, and Aristotle praises it as the natural telos of human beings; whereas philosophy astechnehelps nature to accomplish the end it designed for human beings. It emerges that according to Aristotle in theProtrepticusphilosophy is the art of making oneself coincide with one's nature as a human being.