A középige jelentőségéről Platón Euthüphrón című dialógusában
On the Significance of Middle Voice in Plato’s Euthyphro
Author(s): Miklós NyírőSubject(s): Other Language Literature, Translation Studies
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: Plato; piety; virtue; psyche; disposition; middle voice;
Summary/Abstract: In the Euthyphro, which is a dialogue about the ’holy’, the middle voice (mesotes) plays an exceptionally emphatic role in Plato’s language usage, although this voice has been identifi ed by the Greek grammarians only in the 2nd century BC. This fact is explained in the study by pointing to the thematic relevance of the meaning conveyed by the middle voice, arguing that this diathesis expresses the original disposition of the psyche, which is prior to any activity and passivity.
Journal: Erdélyi Múzeum
- Issue Year: LXXXIII/2021
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 1-14
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Hungarian