Wanderings and Digressions in Socratic and Platonic Philosophy
Keywords:
wandering, aporia, dialogue, digression, Plato, SocratesAbstract
Socrates' philosophy has a very peculiar character due to the absence of wellestablished
doctrines and the unbreakable bond between life and thought. For this reason, Socratic philosophy must be understood along with his street wanderings
and the constant revision of any intellectual approach. Starting from this hypothesis, this paper aims to show both the originality of Socratic thought and his notion of philosophy, as well as the enormous influence he exerts on Plato, who subtly employs these wanderings and digressions in his texts to enrich the dialogue, providing depth to the arguments, and forcing the reader to travel that same winding road that is philosophical thought. Thus, both authors show that philosophy is not so much a
kind of knowledge as it is an activity.
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