Note publique d'information : UNE LECTURE DU CORPUS PLATONICIEN, CENTREE SUR LES PROLOGUES, INTERMEDES ET EPILOGUES
DES DIALOGUES ET QUI REFUSE D'EN FAIRE DES ORNEMENTS LITTERAIRES, CONDUIT A FORMER
L'HYPOTHESE QUE CE CORPUS EST A L'IMAGE DE L'AME ET, COMME ELLE, TRIPARTITE. TROIS
TYPES DE DIALOGUES SONT EN EFFET REPERABLES QUAND ON ORGANISE LES TEXTES SELON LA
COMPOSITION DE LEUR PROLOGUE : LE PREMIER TYPE SERA DIT "EPITHUMIQUE" CAR IL IMITE
LA PARTIE EPITHUMIQUE DE L'AME, LE DEUXIEME SERA DIT "THUMOEIDIQUE" CAR A L'IMAGE
DU "THUMOS" ET LE TROISIEME "LOGISTIQUE" CAR SE REGLANT SUR LE "NOUS". UNE RELECTURE
DU CORPUS SELON CET ORDRE MONTRE QUE CHACUNE DES TROIS FAMILLES DE DIALOGUES ILLUSTRE
SON INSTANCE PSYCHOLOGIQUE EMBLEMATIQUE EN SES DIVERS ETATS : "L'EPITHUMIA" REBELLE
OU SOUMISE AU "THUMOS" ET AU "NOUS", "LE THUMOS" SOUS LA FORME DE LA COLERE OU DU
COURAGE, LE "NOUS" IMPUISSANT OU NON A EXERCER SA FONCTION DE MAITRISE SUR L'EPITHUMIA"
ET LE "THUMOS". L'OEUVRE ECRITE DE PLATON PREND ALORS FIGURE DE TOUT HARMONIEUX CAR
HARMONIQUE, D'UN TOUT DONT LES PARTIES RESPECTENT DES PROPORTIONS ARITHMETIQUEMENT
DEFINIES.
Note publique d'information : A READING OF THE PLATONICIAN CORPUS FOCUSED ON THE PROLOGUES, INTERMEDES AND EPILOGUES
OF THE DIALOGUES AND WHICH REFUSES TO TURN THEM INTO LITERARY ORNAMENTS LEADS US TO
PUT FORWARD THE HYPOTHESIS THAT THIS VERY CORPUS IS MADE IN THE IMAGE OF THE SOUL
AND LIKEWISE IS TRIPARTITE. AN ORGANISATION OF THE TEXTS ACCORDING TO THE COMPOSITION
OF THEIR PROLOGUES BRINGSOUT THREE TYPES OF DIALOGUES : WE WILL CALL THE FIRST ONE
"EPITHUMICAL" BECAUSE IT IMITATES THE EPITHUMICAL PART OF SOUL, THE SECOND ONE WILL
BE CALLED "THUMOEIDICAL" BECAUSE IT IS IN THE IMAGE OF THE "THUMOS" AND THE THIRD
ONE WILL BE CALLED "LOGISTICAL" BECAUSE OF ITS COPYING THE "NOUS". A NEW READING OF
THE CORPUS ACCORDING TO THIS ORDER SHOWS THAT EACH OF THE THREE FAMILIES OF DIALOGUES
ILLUSTRATES THE VARIOUS STATES OF ITS OWN EMBLEMATICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL INSTANCE : THE
"EPITHUMIA" REBELLING AGAINST OR SUBMITTING BOTH TO THE "THUMOS" AND YHE "NOUS", THE
"THUMOS" APPEARING AS EITHER ANGER OR COURAGE, THE "NOUS" HAVING OR NOT THE POWER
TO PLAY ITS LEADING ROLE OVER THE "EPITHUMIA" AND THE "THUMOS".