This paper highlights the Platonic conception of old age as very different from the traditional one. In order to demonstrate it, the Parmenides and the Laws will be analyzed as key text to understand the new philosophical meaning of old age that finds his main characterization in connection with young age.

The role of the old interlocutors in Plato's dialogue. A new philosophical meaning of old age

CANDIOTTO, LAURA
2014-01-01

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This paper highlights the Platonic conception of old age as very different from the traditional one. In order to demonstrate it, the Parmenides and the Laws will be analyzed as key text to understand the new philosophical meaning of old age that finds his main characterization in connection with young age.
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