Language and Politics in Plato

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20318/fons.2019.4919

Keywords:

Plato, politics, manipulation of language, education, tragedy, exaltation of passions

Abstract

The following paper considers some aspects of the relation between language and politics in Plato’s. After a brief interpretation of some of the theses of Plato’s philosophy of language, the paper analyses the political and moral power that Plato identifies in language, and ponders specific uses of language proposed by Plato in education, and his critique of tragedy. 

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Author Biography

  • Begoña Ramón Cámara, Autonomous University of Madrid

    Investigadora Juan de la Cierva

    Departamento de Filosofía

    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

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Published

2020-06-04

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Vol. 4 (2019)

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Articles

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Language and Politics in Plato. (2020). ΠΗΓΗ/FONS, 4(1), 91-106. https://doi.org/10.20318/fons.2019.4919