This article aims to analyze the role of harmony specifically in the Symposium 187a-e and, more generally, in Eryximachus’ discourse. In opposition to those who consider Eryximachus a pedant1, whose discourse is refuted by Diotima’s discourse2, the paper proposes an interpretation emphasizing literary and philosophical aspects which enable us to grasp the positive significance carried by Eryximachus’ discourse within the Symposium3. After having analyzed Eryximachus’ character and its role in the dialogue, the concept of “harmony” will be explored in relation to pre-Socratic physics and Hippocratic medicine. The aim of this article is to evaluate the philosophical import of a “cosmological medicine”, emphasizing how this concept recurs also in other dialogues, and to present reasons for considering it as an expression of platonic philosophy.

The concept of harmony (187 a-e) and its cosmological role in Eryximachus' discurse

CANDIOTTO, LAURA
2013-01-01

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This article aims to analyze the role of harmony specifically in the Symposium 187a-e and, more generally, in Eryximachus’ discourse. In opposition to those who consider Eryximachus a pedant1, whose discourse is refuted by Diotima’s discourse2, the paper proposes an interpretation emphasizing literary and philosophical aspects which enable us to grasp the positive significance carried by Eryximachus’ discourse within the Symposium3. After having analyzed Eryximachus’ character and its role in the dialogue, the concept of “harmony” will be explored in relation to pre-Socratic physics and Hippocratic medicine. The aim of this article is to evaluate the philosophical import of a “cosmological medicine”, emphasizing how this concept recurs also in other dialogues, and to present reasons for considering it as an expression of platonic philosophy.
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