Open AccessCATHARSIS IN PHAEDO AND REPUBLIC OF PLATO
Author(s) -
Kazimierz Pawłowski
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
studia humanistyczne/studia humanistyczne agh
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2084-3364
pISSN - 1732-2189
DOI - 10.7494/human.2019.18.3.67
Subject(s) - catharsis , mysticism , philosophy , literature , psychoanalysis , theology , art , psychology
The article takes up the topic of mystical motif of catharsis present in Plato’s dialogues Phaedo and Republic as well as their links with the mysticism of the Ancient Greek mysteries. The philosophical catharsis is a result of touching the divine, transcendent Truth.