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Akrasia et enkrateia dans les Mémorables de Xénophon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2010

Louis-André Dorion
Louis-André Dorion
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Université de Montréal
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Abstract

This article aims to shed light on both the foundations and the consistency of the position regarding akrasia Xenophon attributes to Socrates in the Memorabilia. As does Plato's Socrates, Xenophon's Socrates maintains that akrasia is impossible in the presence of knowledge. On the other hand, he differs from the platonic Socrates by granting to enkrateia, instead of knowledge, the role of foundation for virtue. If enkrateia is the very condition for acquiring knowledge and virtue, consequently the responsibility for countering akrasia falls to enkrateia.

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Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie , Volume 42 , Issue 4: Deliberation and Irrationalities , Fall 2003 , pp. 645 - 672
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Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 2003

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