Menexene

By (author) Platon Translated by Etienne Helmer

Extent: 192, 192 pages

Publisher: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin

Subjects: Classical Studies, Philosophy

Series: Les Dialogues de Platon

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(September 2019)

ISBN: 9782711628261

4.29 x 7.09 inches

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English Summary: Who is going to give the funeral oration in honor of departed soldiers, during the annual ceremony that Athenian democracy devotes to them? To that question coming from the young Menexenus, Socrates answers in an unusual way: instead of initiating a dialogue, he delivers the speech made the day before by Aspasia. How are we to read this Platonic version of the funeral oratory? Is it a parody of the one Thucydides had attributed to Pericles? The parody of a genre that takes its codes from a social and political agenda? Or, on the contrary, a model inspired by the edifying ambitions of an allegedly Platonic ethics? One thing, at least, is clear: Menexenus is an episode of the struggle between dialectics and rhetorics which pervades Plato’s whole work. Echoing many themes recurring in other dialogues, Socrates’ oratory shows the complex game between philosophy and sophistry which political speech must enter if it must both convince and educate. French Description: Qui va prononcer l’oraison funebre des soldats morts au combat lors de la ceremonie annuelle que leur consacre la democratie athenienne? A cette question du jeune Menexene, Socrate repond de maniere inattendue au lieu d’engager un dialogue, il lui debite le discours compose la veille par Aspasie . Comment lire cette version platonicienne de l’oraison funebre? Est-ce un pastiche de celle attribuee a Pericles par Thucydide? La parodie d’un genre codifie en fonction de finalites sociales et politiques? Ou au contraire un modele a suivre, inspire par les ambitions edifiantes d’une ethique dite platonicienne? Une chose, au moins, est claire : le Menexene est un episode de la lutte entre dialectique et rhetorique qui parcourt toute l’oeuvre de Platon. En faisant echo a des themes recurrents dans d’autres dialogues, l’oraison de Socrate montre a quel jeu complexe entre philosophie et sophistique doit se livrer le discours lorsqu’il est politique et qu’il lui faut a la fois persuader et eduquer. Qui va prononcer l’oraison funebre des soldats morts au combat lors de la ceremonie annuelle que leur consacre la democratie athenienne? A cette question du jeune Menexene, Socrate repond de maniere inattendue au lieu d’engager un dialogue, il lui debite le discours compose la veille par Aspasie . Comment lire cette version platonicienne de l’oraison funebre? Est-ce un pastiche de celle attribuee a Pericles par Thucydide? La parodie d’un genre codifie en fonction de finalites sociales et politiques? Ou au contraire un modele a suivre, inspire par les ambitions edifiantes d’une ethique dite platonicienne? Une chose, au moins, est claire : le Menexene est un episode de la lutte entre dialectique et rhetorique qui parcourt toute l’oeuvre de Platon. En faisant echo a des themes recurrents dans d’autres dialogues, l’oraison de Socrate montre a quel jeu complexe entre philosophie et sophistique doit se livrer le discours lorsqu’il est politique et qu’il lui faut a la fois persuader et eduquer.

By (author) Platon
Translated by Etienne Helmer

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