The The first woman philosopher

love to the lyric wisdom

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1984-249X_28_2

Keywords:

Sappho, Presocratics, Orphism, Origins of Philosophy

Abstract

Sappho’s Tithonius poem can be considered a presocratic philosophical text? Some characteristics make us see those verses in its philosophical mood: 1) It portrays a situation of loving learning, love (philía) to knowledge; 2) It provides a general and essential statement on humanity: “No being that is human can escape old age.” 3) It makes a critique of the common sense’s idea of humanity, and explains why corruption of becoming is more decisive than mortality; 4) It provides an attitude and a practical wisdom disrupted by a fundamental question, as “What can I do?”, 5) There is a particular term (maybe a concept?) to lead and give unity of his philosophical school or system of thought.

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Published

2020-03-24

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Santoro, F. (2020). The The first woman philosopher: love to the lyric wisdom. Revista Archai, (28), e02802. https://doi.org/10.14195/1984-249X_28_2

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No. 28 (2020): Archai 28 (2020 [1])

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