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  1. The Struggle with(in) Leontius’ Soul.Eduardo Saldaña - 2021 - Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 103 (1):1-28.
    In Republic 4, Plato’s Socrates argues that there are three elements in the soul: the rational, the spirited, and the appetitive. This paper focuses on the argument distinguishing spirit from appetite in the story of Leontius. I shall argue that the rational element first opposes Leontius’ appetite and, when appetite overpowers reason, then Leontius’ spirited part opposes the appetitive. Consequently, there is a kind of disgust that would be appropriately characterized as rational; and, drawing on this consequence, I suggest that (...)
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  • Plato in Therapy: A Cognitivist Reassessment of the Republic 's Idea of Mimesis.Jonas Grethlein - 2020 - Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 78 (2):157-170.
    The Republic’s ban on poetry is a major reason for the prominent place that liberal critics assign to Plato among the enemies of the open society, Friedrich Nietzsche's description of Plato as “the greatest enemy of art Europe has yet produced” being often cited. In this article, I argue that, while Plato's ethical stance remains unacceptable for most readers today, his understanding of aesthetic experience in the Republic appears highly perceptive when seen in the light of cognitive studies and can (...)
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