Abstract

MUNOZ, Roberto Andrés Urrea. The Physiology of the Soul in Plato's Philebus (32a-42c). Eidos [online]. 2021, n.36, pp.362-394.  Epub May 14, 2022. ISSN 1692-8857.  https://doi.org/10.14482/eidos.36.184.

In the present work, we defend the following idea: the argument given in Philebus on false pleasures (37a-42c) is based on an ad hoc physiology of the soul. To develop this idea, we proceed as follows: first, we introduce two definitions on pleasure and pain (32a-c); after that, we study the concepts of memory, perception, and desire (33c-35d); thirdly, on one hand, we analyze three arguments: the relation between opinion and pleasure, false pleasures by anticipation, and false pleasures by an overestimated appearance (37a-42c); on the other hand, we analyze, based on the preceding points, the definitions already given on psychic affections and the relations between them, understanding this definitions and relations as the soul's physiology. We end explaining the place given to this physiology in the dialogue's general frame.

Keywords : Plato; pleasure; perception; memory; desire; hope; soul; physiology.

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