Sókratés androgün filozófiája
Socrates' androgynous philosophy

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the masculinity and femininity of Socrates and argues, in part, against accounts that, in general consider Greek philosophy misogynist, in part, against the distinction of a (masculine) ethic of principles vs. (feminine) ethic of care. For this purpose, it examines traits or facts of the life, tenets and methods of Socrates that attest to typical masculine (military heroism, prowess, endurance) and feminine (the “Socratic gospel”, midwifery, caring and service) qualities and argues that Socrates achieves a harmonic unity of these masculine and feminine attitudes or traits and thus avoids the pitfalls of the destructive archetypes of both the “tyrannical father” and the “devouring mother”. Thus, the philosophy of Socrates is neither masculine or feminine, nor gender-neutral, but androgynous. The androgynous nature of Socratic philosophy is also attested by his ethics, in which the central “principle” is precisely caring, by which he supersedes the antagonism of an ethic of principles vs. an ethic of care.

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