© 1996, 1997 Bernard SUZANNE (bfsuzan@ibm.net) | Last updated November 29, 1997 |
Overview
of tetralogies |
a i t i a
(cause) |
epithumiai (desires)
phusis (nature) |
thumos (will)
krisis (judgment) |
logos (reason)
kosmos (order) |
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Tetralogy 1 :
The start of the quest what is man ? |
ALCIBIADES
man |
LYSIS
friendship (philo-) |
LACHES
manhood (andreia) |
CHARMIDES
wisdom (-sophos) |
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Tetralogy 2 :
The sophists eikasia (conjecture) |
PROTAGORAS
relativism |
HIPPIAS Major
illusion of beauty |
GORGIAS
illusion of justice |
HIPPIAS Minor
illusion of science |
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Tetralogy 3 :
Socrates' trial pistis (true belief) |
MENO
pragmatism |
EUTHYPHRO
letter of the
|
THE APOLOGY
OF SOCRATES law in action |
CRITO
spirit of the
|
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Tetralogy 4 :
The soul psuche |
THE SYMPOSIUM
the driving force : eros |
PHÆDRUS
nature of the soul : eros<=>logos |
THE
REPUBLIC
behaviour of the soul : justice |
PHÆDO
destiny of the soul : being |
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Tetralogy 5 :
Speech (logos) dianoia (knowledge) |
CRATYLUS
the words of speech |
ION
logos of the poet |
EUTHYDEMUS
logos of the sophist |
MENEXENUS
logos of the politician |
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Tetralogy 6 :
Dialectic episteme (science) |
PARMENIDES
the traps of reason |
THEÆTETUS
the limits of reason |
THE SOPHIST
the laws of reason |
THE STATESMAN
the goals of reason |
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Tetralogy 7 :
Man in the world kosmos (order) |
PHILEBUS
the good of man |
TIMÆUS
contemplating (theoria) |
CRITIAS
deciding (krisis) |
THE LAWS
acting (erga) |