« Vie pratique », histoire de la sagesse ...
Type de document :
Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage
DOI :
Titre :
« Vie pratique », histoire de la sagesse et polémique philosophique chez Dicéarque
Auteur(s) :
Benatouil, Thomas [Auteur]
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]
Université de Lille, Sciences Humaines et Sociales
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]
Université de Lille, Sciences Humaines et Sociales
Titre de la revue :
Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie
Pagination :
373-394
Éditeur :
De Gruyter
Date de publication :
2016-12
ISSN :
0003-9101
Mot(s)-clé(s) en anglais :
Dicaearchus
Theophrastus
practical life
political life
theoretical life
Golden Age
Theophrastus
practical life
political life
theoretical life
Golden Age
Discipline(s) HAL :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Philosophie
Résumé en anglais : [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 ...
Lire la suite >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.Lire moins >
Lire la suite >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.Lire moins >
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Français
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Non
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