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- Title
Incantation and Expectation In Laws II.
- Authors
Welton, William A.
- Abstract
The article presents information on incantation and expectation in the book "Laws" by Plato. The Athenian Stranger, a character in Laws, suggests that the humans are marionettes; the passions in humans are like cords or strings that being opposed to each other, pull one against the other to opposite actions. One of the implications of the Athenian's view is that there is always no little danger of something other than reason playing the tyrant within people. According to this image, human beings do not have the option of being free from the pull of strings; but they can attempt to influence the strings that pull and determine which will prove the strongest. The Athenian Stranger claims that the passions in the soul are many and are firm like iron, but that it is necessary to align oneself with the string called loggias: and he is careful to make clear that this golden and holy string of loggias is weak and requires assistance. This paper examines another device envisioned by Plato for the redirection of irrational impulses in the soul: the use of incantations.
- Subjects
LAWS (Book : Plato); PLATO, 428-347 B.C.; INCANTATIONS; MARIONETTES; PUPPETS; STRING
- Publication
Philosophy & Rhetoric, 1996, Vol 29, Issue 3, p211
- ISSN
0031-8213
- Publication type
Article