Amicus Plato – câteva episoade romaneşti
Amicus Plato – Some literary episodes

Summary/Abstract: This is a study about locis obscuri. That is: whom does the phrase “Amicus Plato sed magis amica veritas” belong to? When and where was it first uttered? Its origin being hidden, the names of Plato and Aristotle come into play most often (”The Republic” and ”The Nicomachean Ethics”). Aristotle seems to have been troubled by the words of Plato from ”The Republic” (595b-c). Aristotle answered ironically, without mentioning Plato, but evidently referring to him, in ”The Nicomachean Ethics” (1096a). Anyway, the name of Homer can never be related to this saying. Leaving aside the philosophical questions, I try to identify relevant literary episodes where this saying is explicitly mentioned or at least suggested. This is the aim of the following article.

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