The figure of Socratesaccording to Pierre Hadot

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  • Loraine Oliveira Universidade de Brasília (Brasil)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1984-249X_18_9

Keywords:

Silenus, eros, irony, maieutics, way of life

Abstract

This article aims to show how the figure of Soc-rates was anilised by Hadot as a fundamental piece of his thesis about philosophy as a way of life. Here Socrates is studying from the point of view of two of his masks, that of Silenus and Eros. Hadot utilised the idea of the masks to trace the figure of Socra-tes. The mask of Silenus enables us to understand the atopia of Socrates. This strangeness of philosophy, goads the interlucutor into the path of dialectics. The mask of Silenus hides the socrati-cal irony, but the heart of irony observes the meeting between Silenus and Eros. The mask of Eros permits the philosopher to define himself as a philosopher, assisting the interlocutor to dis-cover the truth of beauty and bring it forth.

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2025-11-16

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Oliveira, L. (2025). The figure of Socratesaccording to Pierre Hadot. Revista Archai, (18), 291. https://doi.org/10.14195/1984-249X_18_9

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No. 18 (2016): No. 18 (2016): Revista Archai nº18 (september, 2016)

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