Abstract
[Autom. eng. transl.] This essay is the shortened version of a conference held at the International Conference on "Existence and Identity", held from 5 to 9 May 2014 at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. The article analyzes the metaphor of man in the "Timaeus" as a "celestial tree turned upside down", depending on the understanding of the value of the subject. This mythical image, with the narrative linked to it, appears after a statement by Plato of wanting to deal with the nature and structure of the soul "without precision". Starting from a semantic analysis of the lexicon concerning plants and roots in relation to man, some rather problematic steps of the "Timaeus" concerning the nature and existence of the individual are considered. The roots of the ego are in the intelligible world, in which its identity and its eudaimonia are still present.
| Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] "Heavenly plants with roots up there". A metaphor of human existence in Plato's "Timaeus". |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Pages (from-to) | 111-118 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Rivista di Filosofia Neo-Scolastica |
| Volume | CVII(2015) |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- ESISTENZA
- EXISTENCE
- IDENTITY
- PIANTE CELESTI
- PLATO
- PLATONE
- TIMAEUS
- TIMEO