Akadēmiskais centrs
Šajā lekcijā Dr. K. Sidiropulu pievērsīsies labi pazīstamajai kāpņu metaforai, ko „Dzīrēs” izsaka Diotīma, un tās saistībai ar sadalītās līnijas līdzību „Valstī”. Analīzes gaitā Dr. K. Sidiropulu centīsies iezīmēt nopietnu filozofisku dilemmu, ko rada Diotīmas „risinājums” Erota problemātikai. No vienas puses, mīlestības kāpnes, kas cieši saista καλόν ar ἀγαθόν, sniedz būtisku platonisku ieguldījumu jautājumā par cilvēcisko zināšanu transcendento sākumu. Taču, no otras puses, tās raisa mūsos tik abstraktu priekšstatu par mīlestību, ka tā diez vai ir mīlestība pret to, kas ir cilvēcisks. Dr. K. Sidiropulu piedāvās atbildi, argumentējot, ka platoniskā duālisma daba – atšķirībā no Dekarta duālisma – neizslēdz atsaukšanos uz sajūtu pasauli un atsevišķiem cilvēkiem. Īpaša uzmanība tiks pievērsta Alkibiada runas analīzei, ko veikusi Marta Nusbauma (Martha Nussbaum) darbā „Labuma trauslums” („Fragility of Goodness”).
Dr. K. Sidiropulu studējusi filozofiju un psiholoģiju Aristoteļa Universitātē Tesalonikē un Velsas Universitātē Apvienotajā Karalistē, kur 1996. gadā ieguvusi doktora grādu. Kopš 1996. gada Dr. K. Sidiropulu strādā Bosfora Universitātē Stambulā, Turcijā, ir Filozofijas nodaļas vadītāja, pasniedz vispārizglītojošus kursus filozofijā, kā arī docē sengrieķu un jaungrieķu valodu Rietumu valodu un literatūru nodaļā. Viņas pētnieciskais darbs saistīts ar Platona filozofijas aspektiem, i.a., Platona duālisms, viduslaiku filozofija un valodas filozofija.
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_______________________________ “ἔρως καλοῦ – Love of Persons and the Ladder of Love in Plato’s „Symposium”” My presentation entitled “ἔρως καλοῦ – Love of Persons and the Ladder of Love in Plato’s „Symposium” examines the celebrated metaphor of the ladder propounded by Diotima in the „Symposium” in connection to the Simile of the Divided Line in the “Republic”. In my analysis I attempt to highlight a serious philosophical dilemma raised by Diotima’s ‘solution’ to the problem of Eros. On the one hand the Ladder of Love, with its near identification of καλόν with ἀγαθόν, constitutes a substantial Platonic contribution to the question of the transcendent origin of human knowledge. On the other hand, however, it leaves us with a sense of a love so abstract as to be hardly love of what is human. As a response I will argue that the nature of Platonic dualism – unlike that of Descartes’ – does not cancel out significant reference to the world of the senses, and of particular persons. Specific reference will be made to Martha Nussbaum’s analysis of Alcibiades in the “Fragility of Goodness”. Dr. Chryssi Sidiropoulou studied Philosophy and Psychology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, from where she graduated in 1990. She continued with graduate studies in philosophy at the University of Wales, UK. She received her Ph.D from this university in 1996. Her doctoral thesis was on the philosophy of the later Wittgenstein and, more specifically, his critique of Cartesian dualism. Since 1996 she has been a full member of staff at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey, teaching at the Department of Philosophy as well as Ancient and Modern Greek at the Department of Western Languages and Literatures. Her research interests include aspects of Platonic philosophy, such as Platonic dualism, medieval philosophy and philosophy of language.
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_______________________________ “ἔρως καλοῦ – Love of Persons and the Ladder of Love in Plato’s „Symposium”” My presentation entitled “ἔρως καλοῦ – Love of Persons and the Ladder of Love in Plato’s „Symposium” examines the celebrated metaphor of the ladder propounded by Diotima in the „Symposium” in connection to the Simile of the Divided Line in the “Republic”. In my analysis I attempt to highlight a serious philosophical dilemma raised by Diotima’s ‘solution’ to the problem of Eros. On the one hand the Ladder of Love, with its near identification of καλόν with ἀγαθόν, constitutes a substantial Platonic contribution to the question of the transcendent origin of human knowledge. On the other hand, however, it leaves us with a sense of a love so abstract as to be hardly love of what is human. As a response I will argue that the nature of Platonic dualism – unlike that of Descartes’ – does not cancel out significant reference to the world of the senses, and of particular persons. Specific reference will be made to Martha Nussbaum’s analysis of Alcibiades in the “Fragility of Goodness”. Dr. Chryssi Sidiropoulou studied Philosophy and Psychology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, from where she graduated in 1990. She continued with graduate studies in philosophy at the University of Wales, UK. She received her Ph.D from this university in 1996. Her doctoral thesis was on the philosophy of the later Wittgenstein and, more specifically, his critique of Cartesian dualism. Since 1996 she has been a full member of staff at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey, teaching at the Department of Philosophy as well as Ancient and Modern Greek at the Department of Western Languages and Literatures. Her research interests include aspects of Platonic philosophy, such as Platonic dualism, medieval philosophy and philosophy of language.