The meanings of the final myth in Plato's Phaedo

Autor: Arnošt, Daniel
Přispěvatelé: Hogenová, Anna, Milko, Pavel
Jazyk: čeština
Rok vydání: 2008
Popis: The aim of the thesis is studying the final myth in terms of Plato's dialog Phaedo. Author's intention is to prove the myth' s sense and meaning in connexion with the arguments for the soul's immortality witch shape the main part of the dialogue and the part of Plató's so called dialectic methods. The introduction part deals with the question whether (any?) dialectic reasoning can be sufficient for such a weightily topic which is the soul's existence after death. The text itself is divided into two parts. The first section should serve as the clarification of the Plato's dialectic method and therefore the author draws his attention to the four argument s for proving the soul's immortality. The second section is dedicated to the final myth witch comprises of the excourse on concerning the pre-platonic eschatological conception as well as the interpretation of the final myth itself. In the closing part of the thesis the author's aim is to prove that the role of the myth is consoling (it relieves the anxiety about death) together with the awareness that in Plató's context the myth is necessary for linking to the insufficient function of the dialectic method.
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