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      Translated title: The 'Philosophical paintings' of the Republic

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      Synthesis (La Plata)
      Centro de Estudios Helénicos
      Pintura, Poesía, Filosofía, Platón, República, Painting, Poetry, Philosophy, Plato, Republic

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          En el presente artículo examino la apropiación platónica del lenguaje poético en República y sostengo que, a pesar de sus críticas a la poesía en los libros 3 y 10, el lenguaje poético está correctamente entrelazado dentro del tejido filosófico para pintar lo corrupto, lo feo y lo inmoral. En términos específicos, la adaptación platónica de diversos motivos poéticos e imágenes en República se vuelve más significativa si prestamos atención a Sócrates como un quasi-pintor en el diálogo e interpretamos sus imágenes filosóficas como una respuesta de la filosofía a las engañosas representaciones dramáticas de la poesía. De este modo, el arte de la pintura que, incluso es criticado en el libro 10 de República, en manos de Platón resulta una herramienta filosófica que le permite investigar la relación de nuestro mundo senso-perceptivo ordinario con el campo metafísico de las Ideas y el lugar de lo humano en él.

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          In this article I examine Plato's appropriation of poetic language in the Republic and argue that, despite his criticism of poetry in Books 3 and 10, poetic language is justifiably weaved into the philosophical fabric to depict the corrupt, the ugly and the base. In specific terms, Plato's adaptation of several poetic motifs and images in the Republic becomes more meaningful if we choose to pay attention to Socrates as a quasi painter in the dialogue and interpret his philosophical images as philosophy's response to the deceptive dramatic representations of poetry. Thus the art of painting, which is also criticised in Republic Book 10, in Plato's hands becomes a philosophical tool which helps him investigate the relation of our mundane sense-perceptive world to the metaphysical realm of the Ideas and humans' place in it.

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                synth
                Synthesis (La Plata)
                Synthesis (La Plata)
                Centro de Estudios Helénicos (La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina )
                0328-1205
                1851-779X
                December 2013
                : 20
                : 71-94
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                [01] orgnameUniversity of Crete
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                Pintura,Poesía,Filosofía,Platón,República,Painting,Poetry,Philosophy,Plato,Republic

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