Abstract

CORNELLI, Gabriele  and  MATSUI, Sussumo. The concept of health in Republic book IV: Plato against the hippocratic?. Educação e Filosofia [online]. 2016, vol.30, n.59, pp.209-220. ISSN 1982-596x.  https://doi.org/10.14393/REVEDFIL.issn.0102-6801.v30n59a2016-p209a220.

The concept of health worked by Plato in Book IV of the Republic has been misunderstood for centuries. To better understand what are the statements of Plato, it is necessary to understand his background. In the case of health concept a dialogue with the Hippocratic medicine is needed. There is a relationship between the concept of justice and health unflattering to what is written. Plato, a skilled sculptor, texts draws a parallel between the soul and the city to find out what is justice and then applies to the individual soul. End this enterprise; it begins to outline what are acts of justice. Such acts are compared with bodily health. This is a preparation for the speech about the types of government. It seems that the concept of health is not the same, as we find from Alcmeon to the Hippocratic, because the health issue is in line with its policy notions.

Keywords : Health; Politics; Justice; Soul; Body; Hippocratic.

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