Abstract

MATOS JUNIOR, Fábio Amorim de. A LIMITAÇÃO DO ÉLENCHOS E SUA IMPLICAÇÃO NA DEFESA DE SÓCRATES CONFORME A APOLOGIA DE PLATÃO. Educação e Filosofia [online]. 2007, vol.21, n.42, pp.119-153.  Epub Feb 06, 2024. ISSN 1982-596X.  https://doi.org/10.14393/revedfil.v21n42a2007-466.

According to what Plato exposed in the Apology, Socrates presents his defense through two distinct perspectives: the first delivered to the oldest calumnies (diabolaí) - which were inflicted upon him in the past - and the second delivered to the accusation (grafh) given by Meletus. Later, after the defense was made and the condemnation was consolidated, the philosopher will adjudicate the result of the process (agwn) to those first accusations, because, as he believes, he was considered not guilty in relation to the accusations put forth by Meletus (Apology, 16 a-b). Therefore, from this scenario, it belongs to the competence of the critical tradition to determine: for what reason Socrates attributes his own condemnation to the ancient diabolaí? Above all, whether he did not want to or could not refute those accusations. The present paper aims at offering some indications as answer to these questions and at demonstrating in what measure the limits of the philosopher’s method of refutation (elegcoç) makes turn unviable his own defense impossible; that is to say, it will be shown how Plato links his master’s condemnation to the limitations of the el5egcoç.

Keywords : Apology of Socrates; Elenchos; Erótesis; Judiciary greek; Dramatic context.

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