A ascese do Banquete e os limites da filosofia
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Ascent; Philosophy; Limits., Ascent, Philosophy, LimitsAbstract
In this paper, I shall present all the steps of the ascent passage in the Symposium (210a-212b) in order to argue that, despite what is sustained by the majority of the interpreters of this platonic dialogue, the telos of the scala amoris, instead of being something completely attainable to those who ascended toward it, presents itself as a limit to human capacities. Thus, the philosopher, in the reading I adopt, would not be the one who calmly climbed the ladder of love and at it’s summit had intercourse with the Form of beauty, but he/she who, precisely because is well aware of the limits of his/her capacities, is able to recognize how far he/she can reach in his unceasing pursuit of wisdom.
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