Publication: Why did Plato not write the ‘unwritten doctrine’?: some preliminary remarks: in memoriam Charles H. Kahn
Why did Plato not write the ‘unwritten doctrine’?: some preliminary remarks: in memoriam Charles H. Kahn
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Ferber, R. (2024). Why did Plato not write the ‘unwritten doctrine’?: some preliminary remarks: in memoriam Charles H. Kahn. Elenchos, 45(1), 127–149. https://doi.org/10.1515/elen-2024-0007
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This article asks the question “Why did Plato not write the ‘unwritten doctrine’?” and answers it by citing a combination of two obstacles. The first derives from the limitations of the episteme available to an embodied soul about the essence of the good. Even if the dialectician has access to some kind of knowledge, the mismatch between the unchanging essence of the good and the precarious logoi which aim to identify it (and allow others some measure of access to it) can never fully be overcome. At best, Socrates (or Plato) can lead
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Ferber, R. (2024). Why did Plato not write the ‘unwritten doctrine’?: some preliminary remarks: in memoriam Charles H. Kahn. Elenchos, 45(1), 127–149. https://doi.org/10.1515/elen-2024-0007
