Sócrates y la prehistoria de las autobiografías

Héctor Zagal

doi:10.33064/2euph26

Sócrates y la prehistoria de las autobiografías

Authors

Héctor Zagal Universidad Panamericana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33064/2euph26

Keywords:

Socrates, self knowledge, autobiography, maieutics, irony.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to explore the prehistory of autobiography in Ancient Greece: from the Homeric verses, the Presocratic oblivion of personal consciousness, the Socratic maxim «You must know yourself», to a rereading of Platonic Myth of the Cavern. The author argues that Socrates, with maieutics and irony, is capable to reveal the authentic self.