TY - JOUR
T1 - Promêtheia as Rational Agency in Plato
AU - Moore, Christopher
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PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - The Greeks knew a virtue term that represented the ability to determine which norms deserved commitment, a virtue term usually misunderstood as "prediction of likely outcomes"or "being hesitant": promêtheia. Plato's uses of this term, almost completely ignored by scholarship, show a sensitivity to the prerequisites for the capacity for rational agency. We must add this virtue term to the usual suspects related to acting as a rational agent: sôphrosunê, dikaiosunê, phrônesis, and sophia. Promêtheia stands out for its importancein times of ignorance of the future.
AB - The Greeks knew a virtue term that represented the ability to determine which norms deserved commitment, a virtue term usually misunderstood as "prediction of likely outcomes"or "being hesitant": promêtheia. Plato's uses of this term, almost completely ignored by scholarship, show a sensitivity to the prerequisites for the capacity for rational agency. We must add this virtue term to the usual suspects related to acting as a rational agent: sôphrosunê, dikaiosunê, phrônesis, and sophia. Promêtheia stands out for its importancein times of ignorance of the future.
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U2 - 10.1515/apeiron-2019-0018
DO - 10.1515/apeiron-2019-0018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85099692674
SN - 0003-6390
VL - 54
SP - 89
EP - 107
JO - Apeiron
JF - Apeiron
IS - 1
ER -