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BARRIONUEVO, Sergio. Philosophical praxis as a political praxis. A reading of 'the politics' in Plato's Phaedrus. Prax. filos. [online]. 2016, n.42, pp.59-82. ISSN 0120-4688.

Plato's Phaedrus is presented as a dialogue which deals with rhetoric and erotic. However, Plato's treatment of both issues suggests the political framework that gives them meaning. In this paper I will deal with the reading of Plato's critique of writing in political terms, and thus try to establish the historic character of Plato's story. I will try to show that the criticism of writing is part of a platonic operation in order to legitimize a recovery of privileges of certain aristocratic sectors in the context of Athenian democracy. This paper will start from the 'différence politique' as a theoretical framework, and then analyze the dimension of 'the political' in the presentation of the story and the articulation of the elements of the story of Theuth and Thamus

Palabras clave : writing; the politics; political difference; Eupatrids; democracy.

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