Open AccessTheology in the context of the dramatic nature of Plato's dialogues
Author(s) -
Roman Svetlov
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
shole
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.191
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 1995-4336
pISSN - 1995-4328
DOI - 10.25205/1995-4328-2021-15-2-856-867
Subject(s) - philosophy , socrates , soul , interpretation (philosophy) , epistemology , context (archaeology) , ambivalence , order (exchange) , dialectic , theology , literature , psychology , psychoanalysis , linguistics , art , history , archaeology , finance , economics
The so-called «dramatic approach» to the interpretation of Plato's texts provides us with some additional tools to explore his theological concepts. The article examines possible ways to connect with each other two "theologies" that are found in Plato's dialogues: static theology from the intelligible universe, and dynamic theology from the visible universe, which is in constant genesis. From the point of view of the «dramatic» approach, we must constantly keep in mind the various assessments of the problems posed by Plato's Socrates and other characters in the dialogues in order to have a complete picture of the analyzed matter. To reconcile these two "theologies", the description of the ambivalent nature of the human soul in «Lysis» plays a basic role, which is also confirmed in other Platonic texts.