Socratic Dialogues on a Complex Body–Soul Relation in Plato’s Phaedo and Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights

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https://doi.org/10.1344/452f.2020.23.10

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body and soul, Socratic dialogues, Plato, embodiment, Olga Tokarczuk, Flights

Abstract

This paper sets out the possibility of reading Olga Tokarczuk’s novel Flights in the context of Plato’s dialectic method represented in his dialogues. Plato's philosophy on the body-soul relation analyzed in Phaedo sets the ground for the discussion of Tokarczuk’s metaphysical enquiry into the extreme corporeal experience (amputation and phantom pains) and its projection on the human understanding of the nature of the soul.

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2020-07-31

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Bendrat, A. (2020). Socratic Dialogues on a Complex Body–Soul Relation in Plato’s Phaedo and Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights. 452ºF. Revista De Teoría De La Literatura Y Literatura Comparada, (23), 191–211. https://doi.org/10.1344/452f.2020.23.10

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No. 23 (2020): Digital Humanities and Literary Studies: Critical Approaches

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Miscellaneous

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