Volume 78 (2023), 4
Original Articles
(Original title: Why Did Theognis Not Leave Respect and Retribution in His “Hope Elegy”?)
Filozofia, 78 (2023), 4, 245 - 258.Abstract
The aim of the essay is to give a detailed analysis of Theogins’ so-called Hope Elegy (ll. 1135 – 1150) which was considered an earlier fusion of Hesiod’s story of Pandora and the Myth of the races. The author first focuses on both Hesiod’s story to reveal the context and then turns to the elegy itself to answer why Theognis choose Elpis as the only good god… Read more
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(Original title: Hanba, zázračný prsteň a Platónov Sokrates)
Filozofia, 78 (2023), 4, 259 - 272.Abstract
There are two passages in Plato’s Apology with questions introduced by a verb relating to shame. In 28b, a representative of the Athenian citizens asks Socrates, if he is not ashamed to follow his philosophical occupation even when it might cost him life. Later, in 29d, it is Socrates who asks an imaginary Athenian, if he is not ashamed to care for things of illusory… Read more
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(Original title: Funkcie hanby v Kalliklovej „otváracej reči“ (Gorg. 482c4 – 486d1))
Filozofia, 78 (2023), 4, 273 - 284.Abstract
The concept of shame (αἰσχύνη) plays a cardinal role in Plato’s Gorgias. Plato works with this concept by dramatically influencing the characters’ actions and discourses throughout the dialogue. It has the most frequent and most important position in the part in which Socrates discusses with the young Athenian politician Callicles. The study analyzes and interprets… Read more
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(Original title: Sókratovsko-platónský praktický redukcionismus)
Filozofia, 78 (2023), 4, 285 - 295.Abstract
Practical reductionism is a program based on the claim that the sole relevant information in the sphere of practical deliberation (and of its moral evaluation) is how good the envisaged action is, while the other traditional concepts offering practical and moral orientation – especially virtues – are at best superfluous (if they recommend the same as the inquiry of… Read more
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(Original title: Beyond Concept: Derrida and Levinas on Metaphor)
Filozofia, 78 (2023), 4, 296 - 305.Abstract
The aim of this paper is to examine Levinas’s and Derrida’s concept of metaphor. The paper compares their account on metaphor that shows well their position toward religion. Both authors agree that metaphor is connected to the realm of “beyond concept” but Levinas identifies the metaphor, in Carnets de Captivité, with monotheistic divinity. Derrida does not. The… Read more
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