TY - JOUR AU - Spinassi, Miguel Ángel PY - 2018/12/10 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Some indirect testimonies about Plato’s personal character and their connection with passages of the written dialogues JF - Revista Archai JA - Rev. Archai VL - 0 IS - 25 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archai/article/view/20205 SP - e02505 AB - <p>This article aims to contribute to the image of the historical Plato. For this purpose, I have selected from the indirect tradition favorable to Plato nine testimonies, which shed some light on his personal character. I believe that this favorable tradition would represent more faithfully the philosopher of Athens than the hostile one. That is why I have tried to draw attention in the second part of the article on the possible connection between those indirect testimonies and some passages from the written dialogues. In fact, Plato’s <em>benevolence</em> and <em>good disposition</em> towards other people would correspond to those attitudes that are required from the interlocutor as <em>preconditions</em> for dialectic conversation. I suggest, finally, that both the personality of Plato and his work would be in harmony and that a key aspect of this harmony is represented by the <em>positive</em> and <em>favorable predisposition</em> towards others.</p> ER -