A unidade corpo-alma na fisiologia-ética do Timeu de Platão

=== This study is an attempt to carry out an inquiry on the statute of the body and soul relationship within the scope of Phaedo and Timaeus while supporting the thesis of the unity of the body and soul as an expression of Plato¡¦s anthropological thought in these Dialogues. This work shows that su...

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Main Author: Karina Lucia Fabrini de Morais
Other Authors: Miriam Campolina Diniz Peixoto
Format: Others
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1843/BUBD-8BZFCD
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Summary:=== This study is an attempt to carry out an inquiry on the statute of the body and soul relationship within the scope of Phaedo and Timaeus while supporting the thesis of the unity of the body and soul as an expression of Plato¡¦s anthropological thought in these Dialogues. This work shows that such a relationship cannot be elucidated by means of a radical affirmation of the impossibility of an articulation between body and soul, although some passages, especially in Phaedo, rouse an ambiguity due to Plato¡¦s approach of the issue. Thus, we sustain that in this very Dialogue the Philosopher would have supported the thesis of the unity of the body and soul, by taking into account the presence of the dramatic elements and the language used by Plato to describe the nature of the relationship. In our understanding of Timaeus, we explore its conception of human nature as a ãåÞÑÝÖ¥äÕâßÞ, a concept expressing the structural unity of the ¡§body and soul compound¡¨, which is Man. The way Plato approaches the issue in this Dialogue shows that the body can only be considered within its relationship with the soul. In this sense, this study discusses the theses of the generation and corruption of the ¡§body and soul compound¡¨, and that of the statute of the marrow and the location of the soul in Man. The notion of àTáßÚ/affection is a key point in the understanding of the body and soul relationship, inasmuch as it forms the very ground on which to understand the various modalities of such relationship. By means of which we can understand that, in the last instance, every affection must be attributed to the body and soul entirety/wholeness. === A presente pesquisa procura investigar o estatuto da relacao corpo-alma no quadro do Fedon e do Timeu e defende a tese da unidade corpo-alma como expressao do pensamento antropologico de Platao nesses dialogos. O nosso trabalho mostra que essa relacao nao pode ser elucidada por uma afirmacao radical da impossibilidade de articulacao entre o corpo e a alma, embora algumas passagens, principalmente do Fedon, suscitem uma ambiguidade em razao do tratamento que Platao concede ao problema. Assim, defendemos que ja nesse dialogo o filosofo teria sustentado a tese da unidade corpo-alma, considerando a presenca dos elementos dramaticos e da linguagem utilizada por Platao para descrever a natureza da relacao. Em nossa leitura do Timeu, exploramos sua concepcao de natureza humana como um ãåÞÑÝÖ¥äÕâßÞ, conceito que exprime a unidade estrutural do ¡§composto corpo-alma¡¨ que e o homem. O tratamento que Platao concede ao problema nesse dialogo mostra que o corpo so pode ser pensado na sua relacao com a alma. Nesse sentido, o presente trabalho discute as teses da geracao e da corrupcao do ¡§composto corpo-alma¡¨, da concomitancia de geracao do corpo e da alma, do estatuto da medula e da localizacao da alma no homem. A nocao de àTáßÚ/afeccao e uma peca-chave na compreensao da natureza da relacao corpo-alma, uma vez que ela constitui o terreno por excelencia para se compreender as varias modalidades dessa relacao. Por meio dela compreendemos que toda afeccao deve ser atribuida, em ultima medida, ao conjunto corpo-alma.