Science de l’entrelacement des formes, science suprême, science des hommes libres: la dialectique dans le Sophiste 253b-254b
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Zaks, Nicolas [1]
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[1] Université Libre de Bruxelles
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad, Bélgica
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- Localización: Elenchos: Rivista di studi sul pensiero antico, ISSN 0392-7342, Vol. 38, Nº. 1-2, 2017, págs. 61-81
- Idioma: francés
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Resumen
Despite intensive exegetical work, Plato’s description of dialectic in the Sophist still raises many questions. Through a close reading of this passage that contextualizes it in the general organisation of the Sophist, this paper provides answers to these questions. After presenting the difficult text, I contend that the “vowel-kinds” are necessary (but not individually sufficient) conditions for the blending of kinds. Then, I interpret the “cause of divisions” mentioned by the Stranger as the kinds responsible of the dichotomous division in the first half of the dialogue. In the next part, I show that 235d5-e2 does not describe a procedure of “meta-divison” as some commentators have it, but that it describes the method of division itself. Finally, I connect the difficulty and the obscurity of the passage to the fact that dialectic is the supreme science and I explain why dialectic is the science of free men.
