Thesauros Edebiyat Felsefe Φίληβος

Φίληβος

Φίληβος Plato

34–35

Protarchus
Pro. Certainly.
Socrates
Soc. And is thirst, then, a desire? 35
Protarchus
Pro. Yes, of drink.
Socrates
Soc. Of drink, or of being filled with drink?
Protarchus
Pro. Of being filled, I suppose.
Socrates
Soc. The man, then, who is empty desires, as it appears, the opposite of what he feels for, being empty, he longs to be filled.
Protarchus
Pro. That is very plain.
Socrates
Soc. Well then, is there any source from which a man who is empty at first can gain a comprehension, whether by perception or by memory, of fulness, a thing which he does not feel at the time and has never felt before? 5
Protarchus
Pro. It cannot be done.
Socrates
Soc. And yet he who desires, desires something, we say.
Protarchus
Pro. Of course.
Socrates
Soc. And he does not desire that which he feels; for he is thirsty, and that is emptiness, but he desires fulness.
Protarchus
Pro. Yes. 10
Socrates
Soc. Then somehow some part of him who is thirsty can apprehend fulness.
Protarchus
Pro. Yes, obviously.
Socrates
Soc. But it cannot be the body, for that is empty.
Protarchus
Pro. True.
Socrates
Soc. The only remaining possibility is that the soul apprehends it, which it must do by means of memory; for what other means could it employ? 15
Protarchus
Pro. No other, I should say.
Socrates
Soc. And do we understand the consequences of this argument?

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