« Vie pratique », histoire de la sagesse ...
Document type :
Article dans une revue scientifique
DOI :
Title :
« Vie pratique », histoire de la sagesse et polémique philosophique chez Dicéarque
Author(s) :
Benatouil, Thomas [Auteur]
Université de Lille, Sciences Humaines et Sociales
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]

Université de Lille, Sciences Humaines et Sociales
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]
Journal title :
Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie
Pages :
373-394
Publisher :
De Gruyter
Publication date :
2016-12
ISSN :
0003-9101
English keyword(s) :
Dicaearchus
Theophrastus
practical life
political life
theoretical life
Golden Age
Theophrastus
practical life
political life
theoretical life
Golden Age
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Philosophie
English abstract : [en]
This paper studies the interplay between the history of mankind, philosophicalpolemics and ethical debates about the best life in the fourth century BCthrough an inquiry into the positions of Dicaearchus of Messana, a pupil ...
Show more >This paper studies the interplay between the history of mankind, philosophicalpolemics and ethical debates about the best life in the fourth century BCthrough an inquiry into the positions of Dicaearchus of Messana, a pupil of Aristotle,and his disagreement about the best life with Theophrastus. Against recentinterpretations, the paper establishes the various stages in Dicaearchus’ historyof wisdom, its downward path and its criteria to define “philosophy”. This leadsto a better understanding of Dicaearchus’ assessments of the Golden Age, theSeven Sages and Socrates and, above all, of his notion of the “practical life” asnot restricted to politics and as opposed to contemporary scolastic conceptions ofphilosophy probably put forward by Plato and best exemplified by Theophrastusin Dicaearchus’ eyes.Show less >
Show more >This paper studies the interplay between the history of mankind, philosophicalpolemics and ethical debates about the best life in the fourth century BCthrough an inquiry into the positions of Dicaearchus of Messana, a pupil of Aristotle,and his disagreement about the best life with Theophrastus. Against recentinterpretations, the paper establishes the various stages in Dicaearchus’ historyof wisdom, its downward path and its criteria to define “philosophy”. This leadsto a better understanding of Dicaearchus’ assessments of the Golden Age, theSeven Sages and Socrates and, above all, of his notion of the “practical life” asnot restricted to politics and as opposed to contemporary scolastic conceptions ofphilosophy probably put forward by Plato and best exemplified by Theophrastusin Dicaearchus’ eyes.Show less >
Language :
Français
Peer reviewed article :
Oui
Audience :
Internationale
Popular science :
Non
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