Lévystone, David
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Lévystone, David
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Levystone, David Xavier
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What Rules and Laws does Socrates Obey?

2019 , Lévystone, David

Socrates' thought of justice and obedience to laws is motivated by a will to avoid the destructive effects of Sophistic criticisms and theories of laws. He thus requires-against theories of natural law-an almost absolute obedience to the law, as far as this law respects the legal system of the city. But, against legal positivism, Socrates would not admit that a law is just simply because it is a law: he is looking for the true Just. However, as often in Socratic philosophy, Socrates cannot accept that two equally justified and legitimate rights or moral values conflict. © 2019 Universidad Panamericana. All rights reserved.

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Figures du sommeil et du rêve chez Platon

2018 , Lévystone, David

Dans l’œuvre de Platon, l’image du rêve semble d’abord servir à désigner l’état d’ignorance du commun des mortels qui «rêvent» leur vie. Cet usage métaphorique ne saurait correspondre parfaitement à la pensée platonicienne du phénomène onirique, particulièrement lorsqu’on l’envisage d’un point de vue éthique (qu’advient-il de la vertu de l’homme dans son sommeil ?), plutôt qu’épistémologique ou ontologique. Dans la République, le sommeil apparaît essentiellement comme l’endormissement d’une partie de l’âme – la rationnelle – au profit d’une autre – la désirante. Platon laisse pourtant entendre que, sous certaines conditions, les visions qui s’y manifestent ne sont pas nécessairement mensongères et pourraient même, pour certaines, avoir une origine divine. Le rêve doit donc être compris non seulement comme un moment de séparation de l’âme et du corps, mais aussi de différenciation des facultés ou parties de l’âme elles-mêmes qui acquièrent là leur autonomie propre et déploient, sans se limiter l’une l’autre, leur plein pouvoir. ©2018 Peeters Publishers

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Note on the Original Meaning of Greek Aitios

2023-01-01 , Lévystone, David

Greek poetical, judicial, philosophical, and medical texts of the classical period use the term αἴτιος, as well as several derivative terms, to indicate which persons, things, or facts are responsible for, or have caused, a state of affairs. The feminine substantive αἰτία, ‘responsibility’, seems to have appeared only in the early fifth century, as does the neuter substantive τὸ αἴτιον. The full history of this word group is still to be written, though important overviews have already cleared the path for such a study. My contribution to this volume has a far more modest aim and can only constitute a first minor step to that end: to put forth a hypothesis on the archaic meaning of the word, which slightly modifies the usual understanding of it as referring to whom or what ‘plays a part’ or ‘takes a part’ in a situation. I will do so by focusing on the Homeric texts and most especially on the Iliad. ©Routledge

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Remparts et philosophie aux Ve et IVe siècles av. J.-C.

2019 , Lévystone, David

The main disciples of Socrates criticise the use of city walls. However, their attacks are less grounded in a deep strategic reflexion than related to the traumatic consequences of Pericles' strategy at the beginning of the Peloponnesian war. The Lacedemonians' opposition to the erection of surrounding walls is more likely linked to their aristocratic ideology and interests than to moral imperatives. Though Plato and Xenophon's motives are to avoid political divisions in the city, their positions on fortifications reveal their aristocratic bias and the question of the walls appears to be part of a more general questioning on the spatial and political organisation of the city. On that issue, Aristotle criticises Plato from a pragmatic point of view and defends the use of walls, but under strict conditions only. The Spartan and Socratic critique of the building of the walls, as well as Aristotle reluctance to fully accept them, could be traced back to a common Greek archaic ideal. © 2018 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.

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