Open AccessSocrates - unity of demonian and rational
Author(s) -
Iva Draškić-Vićanović
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
theoria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-081X
pISSN - 0351-2274
DOI - 10.2298/theo1404095d
Subject(s) - socrates , harmony (color) , philosophy , epistemology , art , visual arts
The paper is conceived as an explanation of the thesis that Socrates both as a philosopher and as a person represents perfect harmony between demonian and rational, that is to say the essence of Socrates? being has been recognized as specific amalgam of Dionysian and Apollonian principle. In this text author criticizes, or more precisely - corrects Nietzsche?s thesis that Socrates was guilty for violation of equilibrium in favor of Apollonian principle, in aesthetic and perfectly balanced Ancient Greece? s culture.