Goethe, Schleiermacher and the aporaisal of the Ion
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https://doi.org/10.5944/endoxa.29.2012.5311Keywords:
Ion, authenticity, poetry, Goethe, Schleiermacher,Abstract
The derogatory remarks of Goethe and Schleiermacher about the Ion caused the nineteenth-century German Platonists to doubt Plato’s authorship of the dialogue. Also, with few exceptions, during this century and part of twentieth century, the ion was very poorly valued. The article attempts to show that, with regard to its authorship, there are no serious reasons to believe that this is not a genuine work of Plato; and, in terms of its philosophical value, that the ion is a critical step in the Platonic project to supplant the role of poetry in the educational system of the polis.Downloads
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2012-06-01
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Aguirre, J. (2012). Goethe, Schleiermacher and the aporaisal of the Ion. ENDOXA, 1(29), 73–92. https://doi.org/10.5944/endoxa.29.2012.5311
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