Pudor e pedagogia total nas Leis de Platão

Francisco de Moraes

doi:10.32334/oqnfp.2025n56a1029

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.32334/oqnfp.2025n56a1029

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“sense of shame”, law, virtue, pedagogy, Plato

Francisco de Moraes

Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ)

Abstract

In this paper, I intend to show that the “sense of shame” can be understood as the foundation of total pedagogy in Plato's Laws. By total pedagogy, I understand the meticulous care with the regulation of life in all its details, in order to make laws persuasive and not simply punitive. To measure the essence of Plato's political project, in this dialogue which is considered his last written one, I turn to the criticisms elaborated by Aristotle in Book II of the Politics. Like Aristotle, I see a strong continuity among the theses developed in the Republic and the political project of a virtuous city in the Laws. Making the virtue of temperance the basic virtue to be promoted and creating the greatest possible unity of the city through singing and dancing in unison would be the antidotes to the greatest evil that can befall political life: the stasis. At the same time, by radiating the virtuous way of life, centered on reason, and honoring the soul, the laws would ensure the happiness of the entire city. At what price?

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Vol. 33 No. 56 (2025): Plato's Laws

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Author Biography

Francisco de Moraes, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ)

Francisco Moraes received his PhD in philosophy with the thesis “The problem of noûs in Aristotle” at the PPGF of UFRJ in 2006. He is currently an associate professor of philosophy at UFRRJ, a permanent member of the Graduate Program in Philosophy at UFRRJ (PPGFIL), and a collaborating member of the Graduate Program in Philosophy at UFRJ (PPGF). He is the leader of the Stásis research group at UFRRJ. He currently coordinates, together with professors and postdoctoral, doctoral, and master's students, the research projects “Human Life and Practical Rationality in the Horizon of Aristotelian Philosophy” and “PHSIS as Being in Aristotle.” He has published articles, books, and book chapters, mostly in the field of Ancient Philosophy. He has supervised and continues to supervise course completion papers, scientific initiation projects, master's dissertations, and doctoral theses. He has translated the works The Will to Power and Introduction to the Study of Plato's Dialogues, both by Friedrich Nietzsche. He has organized international, national, and regional events. Since 2021, he has been the coordinator of PPGFIL at UFRRJ, a program that will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2024 and has had its APCN for the Doctorate in Philosophy course approved by Capes.

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