Reflexiones sobre la fundación de la metafísica y su carácter «aristoárjico» a partir de la crítica de Platón a Anaxágoras

SANTIAGO ARGÜELLO

Viator

Brepols

Lugar: Turnhout; Año: 2010 vol. 41 p. 49 - 62

0083-5897

Plato´s criticism of Anaxagoras´s philosophy of mind is the milestone of Western Metaphysics. At least from Plato to Aquinas, the relationship of the mind to the Metaphysical Good can be regarded as a kind of hallmark of that milestone. According to Plato, Anaxagoras´s mistake lies in linking mind merely to physical goodness, as if it were a sort of management of natural things. In agreement with this, from Plato to Aquinas the concepts of reason and freedom have been deepened and enriched. The article specifically points out -from an Aristotelian point of view- that Anaxagoras´s original error is the confusion between mind (mens, noûs) and soul (anima, psyjé). The purpose of the article is programmatic rather than to deliver a thorough explanation of these issues.