Publication: Epicuro y la cuestión de los destinatarios en la Epístola a Heródoto
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2017-03-09
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Muñoz Morcillo, Jesús
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La Epístola a Heródoto es un resumen de carácter mnemotécnico de la física epicúrea escrito posiblemente a finales del siglo IV a.C. y transmitido con significantes lagunas en el libro X de las Vidas, opiniones y sentencias de los filósofos más ilustres escrito por Diógenes Laercio en la primera mitad del siglo III d.C. En el texto Epicuro parte del atomismo físico para explicar aspectos clave de la canónica o teoría del conocimiento, el estudio de la naturaleza y, en menor medida, la ética derivada de los principios físicos. En el siguiente comentario crítico se desarrolla la hipótesis de que el texto en sí tenía un carácter protréptico y metodológico más programático que el de un epítome: la Epístola a Heródoto sería tanto un catecismo doctrinal como una plantilla de trabajo destinada a orientar a discípulos avanzados que aspiran a alcanzar la madurez investigadora y el tipo de raciocinio y formulación superiores del que da cuenta la propia epístola.
The Letter to Herodotus is a mnemonic summary of Epicurean physics written in the 4th century B.C. and passed down with important lacunae in book X of the Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers written by Diogenes Laertius in the first half of the 3rd century A.D. In the text, Epicurus uses atomism theories to explain key aspects of the Epicurean philosophy ranging from the canon or theory of knowledge to physics and, to a lesser extent, to ethics. In the subsequent critical note we present the hypothesis that the text itself had a protreptic and methodological nature, which makes it much more programmatic than an epitome. The Letter to Herodotus would be both a doctrinal catechism and a working template for the orientation of advanced students that aspire to achieve maturity as researchers and the type of higher abstract reasoning and phrasing that the letter itself is evidence of.
The Letter to Herodotus is a mnemonic summary of Epicurean physics written in the 4th century B.C. and passed down with important lacunae in book X of the Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers written by Diogenes Laertius in the first half of the 3rd century A.D. In the text, Epicurus uses atomism theories to explain key aspects of the Epicurean philosophy ranging from the canon or theory of knowledge to physics and, to a lesser extent, to ethics. In the subsequent critical note we present the hypothesis that the text itself had a protreptic and methodological nature, which makes it much more programmatic than an epitome. The Letter to Herodotus would be both a doctrinal catechism and a working template for the orientation of advanced students that aspire to achieve maturity as researchers and the type of higher abstract reasoning and phrasing that the letter itself is evidence of.
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