Abstract
In Politeia, Plato analyses the types of human desirability, showing that there are perverse desires, detrimental to the possibility of the existence of common-good. The paragon of human perversity is the tyrant, precisely the one whose "paideia", annulling the corrective political instances – the "super-me" –, lead to an absolute hold of power, enslaving all other human beings. Briefly, this is how Plato read Freud.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 63-72 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Gaudium Sciendi |
Issue number | 13 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2017 |
Keywords
- Plato
- Freud
- Desires
- Tyranny
- Common-good