Das Lachen der thrakischen Magd – Über die „Weltfremdheit“ der Philosophie
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In: Bochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch fuer Antike und Mittelalter, Vol. 13, No. 1, 01.2008, p. 15-31.
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T1 - Das Lachen der thrakischen Magd – Über die „Weltfremdheit“ der Philosophie
AU - Schües, Christina
PY - 2008/1
Y1 - 2008/1
N2 - The laughter of the Thracian handmaid. About the ›unworldliness‹ of philosophy. Interpreting Plato’s story of the Thracian handmaid, this essay focuses on questions concerning the supposition of an opposition between common sense and philosophical thinking. Taking the laughter of the maid seriously the author discusses the role of laughter for Plato’s approach. By reevaluating the function of laughter she argues for its strength in revealing ideological thinking or an undisclosed hypothesis, and in enabling philosophical thinking. Thus, the author argues that the alliance of laughter and thinking unsettles the state of being enclosed in ideology, everydayness or thoughtlessness, and both distances and unsettles human beings. And hence, it may free us to pose again the question as to how we are thinking what.
AB - The laughter of the Thracian handmaid. About the ›unworldliness‹ of philosophy. Interpreting Plato’s story of the Thracian handmaid, this essay focuses on questions concerning the supposition of an opposition between common sense and philosophical thinking. Taking the laughter of the maid seriously the author discusses the role of laughter for Plato’s approach. By reevaluating the function of laughter she argues for its strength in revealing ideological thinking or an undisclosed hypothesis, and in enabling philosophical thinking. Thus, the author argues that the alliance of laughter and thinking unsettles the state of being enclosed in ideology, everydayness or thoughtlessness, and both distances and unsettles human beings. And hence, it may free us to pose again the question as to how we are thinking what.
KW - Philosophie
U2 - 10.1075/bpjam.13.02sch
DO - 10.1075/bpjam.13.02sch
M3 - Zeitschriftenaufsätze
VL - 13
SP - 15
EP - 31
JO - Bochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch fuer Antike und Mittelalter
JF - Bochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch fuer Antike und Mittelalter
SN - 1384-6663
IS - 1
ER -