On why even if we do not philosophize, we philosophize: dialectical procedures in Aristotle’s Protrepticus
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Aristotle, philosophy, argumentative procedures
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In this paper, we are interested in analyzing the argumentative strategies implemented by Aristotle in the series of fragments 2a-2g of Protrepticus. Our thesis is that the reading of this series of extracts, in the light of the remaining preserved fragments, allows us to assert that they outline a dialectical argument whose purpose is to defend the necessity of philosophizing. For this purpose, Aristotle proceeds refutatively, showing the absurdities that follow from the thesis of his opponents. The argumentative strategy implemented there is consistent with the one used in other texts that are part of the corpus, such as, for example, Physics I, Metaphysics I 9; IV 3-6 and On Philosophy (fragments 9, 16, 17 and 19a-c), therefore, its study constitutes an important contribution to the understanding of the modus operandi used by the Stagirite to account for his different theses.
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Claudia Marisa Seggiaro
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