Математическая шутка из «Политика» и пределы рациональности в философии Платона

• Published in: SHOLE. Filosofskoe antikovedenie i klassičeskaâ tradiciâ Vol. XIV; no. 2; pp. 665 - 673
• Main Author: Svetlov, Roman
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Новосибирский государственный университет 2020; Novosibirsk State University
• Subjects: Analytic Philosophy; Ancient Philosphy; Epistemology; Existentialism; the principle of the irrational in the philosophy of Plato; the concept of dynamis; Plato; the origins of academic skepticism
• ISSN: 1995-4328

The «mathematical joke» from the Statesman is a good occasion for discussing the irrational in Plato's philosophy. This joke demonstrates that human nature is ungraspable in a rational way. Actually, the theme of human irrationality is present in a number of key-texts of Plato's anthropology. This topic is also important for other fundamental problems of his philosophy. The central word is «δύναμις», which is found in those texts of Plato, where he discusses the concepts of existence, knowledge, and the Form of the Good. The specificity of the using this word by Plato gives us an opportunity to have a new look at the basic strategies of his philosophy.