Consignatas in animis notiones. Cicero on Platonic reminiscence (part I)

Autore: Delle Donne, Carlo
Titolo: Consignatas in animis notiones. Cicero on Platonic reminiscence (part I)
Rivista/Miscellanea: "Ciceroniana on line", VI, 1
Anno edizione: 2022
Pagine: 31-54
Parole chiave: Philosophie - Filosofia - Philosophy, Religion - Religione - Religion
Descrizione: [Delle Donne, Carlo] [Abstract] This article examines the function that Plato’s theory of reminiscence plays in select passages in Cicero. Granted that Cicero’s support for this theory cannot be established in any definitive way, it is nonetheless very likely that Cicero felt it was a valuable theory for two reasons: (i) it was able to connect the soul and true being, which is that of the intelligible forms; and, (ii) it legitimised the aspiration to engage in activities that do not involve the body but exclusively the soul (activities such as divination)
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Link: https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/COL/article/view/6869/5805
Sigla autore: Delle Donne 2022