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Un piccolo esempio. La psicagogia matematica di Platone

dc.contributor.authorMarongiu, Laura
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-28T15:49:54Z
dc.date.available2025-02-28T15:49:54Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifierONIX_20250228_9789004701472_67
dc.identifier.issn2452-2945
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/99082
dc.languageItalian
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBrill's Plato Studies Series
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHA Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PB Mathematics::PBX History of mathematics
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTM Philosophy of mind
dc.subject.otherAncient Epistemology
dc.subject.otherAncient arithmetic
dc.subject.otherAncient geometry
dc.subject.otherAncient mathematics
dc.subject.otherMathematical Platonism
dc.subject.otherMathematical examples
dc.subject.otherMathematical irrationals
dc.subject.otherMathematical objects
dc.subject.otherMeno
dc.subject.otherMethod of hypothesis
dc.subject.otherNumber
dc.subject.otherPhaedo
dc.subject.otherPlato
dc.subject.otherPlatonic methods
dc.subject.otherRepublic
dc.subject.otherTheaetetus
dc.titleUn piccolo esempio. La psicagogia matematica di Platone
dc.typebook
oapen.abstract.otherlanguage‘Let me give you a simple example of what I mean, and you will see the rest for yourself.’ This is how Plato usually introduces mathematical examples to illustrate important philosophical puzzles. The research presented in this book offers a systematic analysis of these examples and demonstrates their crucial psychagogical function. Providing a toolkit of paradoxical objects that challenge the soul and summon thought, mathematical examples do not convey demonstrative rigor or exact calculations, but instead induce psychic states of aporia and wonder. The gaze of Plato’s mathematicians is directed both downwards and upwards: precisely for this reason mathematics have the power to awaken the soul and to lead it towards the Forms. «Prendi un piccolo esempio, e saprai tutto quello che voglio dire». Così Platone introduce esempi matematici volti a illustrare snodi filosofici particolarmente problematici. Questo studio fornisce un’analisi sistematica di tali esempi e ne mostra la cruciale funzione psicagogica. Come un toolkit di oggetti paradossali che confondono l’anima e mettono in moto il pensiero, le matematiche degli esempi non veicolano rigore dimostrativo e calcoli esatti, ma inducono stati psichici di aporia e meraviglia. Proprio in virtù del loro sguardo biforcuto, rivolto non solo verso l’alto ma anche verso il basso, le matematiche hanno il potere di risvegliare l’anima e di trainarla verso le Idee.
oapen.identifier.doi10.1163/9789004701472
oapen.relation.isPublishedByaf16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026
oapen.relation.isFundedBy178e65b9-dd53-4922-b85c-0aaa74fce079
oapen.relation.isbn9789004701472
oapen.relation.isbn9789004701489
oapen.collectionEuropean Research Council (ERC)
oapen.series.number18
oapen.pages224
oapen.grant.number758145


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