Emotions in Plato / / edited by Laura Candiotto, Olivier Renaut.

• Superior document: Brill's Plato studies series ; Volume 4
• TeilnehmendeR: Candiotto, Laura, 1981-; Renaut, Olivier, 1978-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Plato studies series ; Volume 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Includes indexes.

Emotions ( pathè ) such as anger, fear, shame, and envy, but also pity, wonder, love and friendship have long been underestimated in Plato’s philosophy. The aim of Emotions in Plato is to provide a consistent account of the role of emotions in Plato’s psychology, epistemology, ethics and political theory. The volume focuses on three main issues: taxonomy of emotions, their epistemic status, and their relevance for the ethical and political theory and practice. This volume, which is the first edited volume entirely dedicated to emotions in Plato’s philosophy, shows how Plato, in many aspects, was positively interested in these affective states in order to support the rule of reason.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Why Plato Comes First / Laura Candiotto and Olivier Renaut -- For a Taxonomy of Plato’s Emotions -- Epistemic Wonder and the Beginning of the Enquiry: Plato’s Theaetetus (155d2-4) and Its Wider Significance / Laura Candiotto and Vasilis Politis -- The Feel of the Real: Perceptual Encounters in Plato’s Critique of Poetry / Pia Campeggiani -- Why Do Itches Itch? Bodily Pain in the Socratic Theory of Motivation / Freya Möbus -- Emotions in Context: “Risk” as Condition for Emotion / Stefano Maso -- Plato’s Emotions between Rationality and Irrationality -- Emotions and Rationality in the Timaeus (Ti. 42a-b, 69c-72e) / Olivier Renaut -- On the Desire for Drink in Plato and the Platonist Tradition / Lidia Palumbo and Anna Motta -- Plato’s Seasick Steersman: On (Not) Being Overwhelmed by Fear in Plato’s Laws / Myrthe L. Bartels -- The Dialogue between the Emotions in the Platonic Corpus / Karine Tordo-Rombaut -- Love, Speech and Charm in Plato’s Charmides: Reading the Dialogue through Emotions / Carla Francalanci -- The Ethical and Political Value of Plato’s Emotions -- The Notion of φθόνος in Plato / Luc Brisson -- On Mild Envy and Self-deceit (Phlb. 47d-50e) / Beatriz Bossi -- Αἰσχύνη and the Λογιστικόν in Plato’s Republic / Chiara Militello -- Shame and Virtue in Plato’s Laws: Two Kinds of Fear and the Drunken Puppet / Julia Pfefferkorn -- Loving and Living Well: the Importance of Shame in Plato’s Phaedrus / Simon Scott -- Plato on the Role of Anger in Our Intellectual and Moral Development / Marta Jimenez -- Platonic Pity, or Why Compassion Is Not a Platonic Virtue / Rachana Kamtekar -- Love and the City: Eros and Philia in Plato’s Laws / Frisbee C.C. Sheffield -- The Invention of Emotion? / David Konstan -- Back Matter -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Relevant Passages -- Index of Subjects.