2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Formation and transformation of philosophy : In search of new perspective of Hellenism
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17520011
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Philosophy/Ethics
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
UCHIYAMA Katsutoshi Kyoto University, Faculty of Letters, Emeritus Professor (80098102)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NAKAHATA Masashi Kyoto University, Faculty of Letters, Professor (60192671)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2006
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| Keywords | Greek Philosophy / Classics / Hellenism / Plato / Aristotle / ブレンターノ |
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| Research Abstract |
Through this research, Uchiyama (head investigator) explicated the following understanding. There is a common view that Greek philosophy fully matured by Plato and Aristotle, under the crucial influence of Socrates, and that the philosophy followed, called Hellenistic, was a process of diffusion and trivialization from a high point reached in Classics. However, Plato and Aristotle's philosophy did not necessarily take a leading part in ancient world after their death. The philosophical situation in Hellenistic period is largely reminiscent of "Presocratic" philosophy in early antiquity. Not until a neo-Platonist tradition beginning from Plotinus in the 3rd century AD started do we find a full-scale revival of Plato. Further, it is only after the 19th century that Plato is Republic was regarded as his masterpiece by its philosophy and theory of the States beginning to be taken seriously.
What we call Classics is not something retained as a definitive canon, but is something which survived a long history deserving praise or censure and have been rediscovered at the turning points of history; this has given a power for people to square up to problems in any age. It might be well said that one aspect of being entitled as 'Classics' is its multi-sidedness or multi-layeredness.
Nakahata (associate investigator) backed up Uchiyama's general view in several aspects through his research. Several points highlighted are as follows. In taking the concept of intentionality from the argument on soul in Aristotle, Brentano interprets Aristotle's concept of sensible object from his own perspective, not Aristotle's. Ochkam's interesting view of mental language is based on his noteworthy interpretation on the theory of language in Aristotle's De interpretatione.
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