Omul potenţial la Platon
Plato's Potential People

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, I will show how Plato answers the ‘paradox of inquiry’ given in Meno 80d, using the concept of a theory of recollection. In the middle part, it is argued that the scope of what Plato means by recollection exceeds that of “logically primitive propositions” (Gregory Vlastos), viz. that complex matters such as the absolute truth about virtue are expected to be accessible to recollection, and what needs to be presupposed about the nature of our former knowledge to render this possible. Both on the way and in a concluding section I will demonstrate how this theory of gradual self-discovery makes Plato’s concept of the soul that of a potential person, and that this approach contains a genuine appeal to unveil the hidden parts of one’s self tirelessly.

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