The division procedure at work, and the limits of a traditional concepto of politics in the initial division of the Statesman (Politicus 259d7-268d4)

FABIAN MIE

Santiago de Chile

Conferencia; Seminario Prof. Boeri PUC Santiago de Chile; 2018

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile-Santiago

[Sketch of the paper:]1. Some problems concerning the initial division2. The core of the initial division: its argument, structure, and context2.1. The theoretical power of politics2.2. The practical effect of theoretical directive arts2.3. The autonomy of statecraft as a commanding art2.4. The art of commanding living beings3. The controversial end of the initial division: the criticism of the traditional model of the ?divine shepherd?4. The dialectical moral behind the rule of ?cutting through the middle?5. Final considerations on the initial division: the conceptual inadequacy of rearing for politics6. Assessing the initial division methodologically6.1. Definition according to division: a counterpoint to Aristotle