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| タイトル | ： 第14回 |
| 投稿日 | ： 2003/12/21(Sun) 18:09 |
| 投稿者 | ： 惣田正明 <vem13077@nifty.ne.jp> |
第14回テキスト
---はじめ---
When Thrasymachus has been silenced, the two principal
respondents, Glaucon and Adeimantus, appear on the scene:
here, as in Greek tragedy, three actors are introduced. At
first sight the two sons of Ariston may seem to wear a family
likeness, like the two friends Simmias and Cebes in the
Phaedo. But on a nearer examination of them the similarity
vanishes, and they are seen to be distinct characters.
Glaucon is the impetuous youth who can "just never have
enough of fechting" (cf. the character of him in Xen. Mem.
iii. 6); the man of pleasure who is acquainted with the
mysteries of love; the "juvenis qui gaudet canibus," and who
improves the breed of animals; the lover of art and music who
has all the experiences of youthful life. He is full of
quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy
platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns
out to the light the seamy side of human life, and yet does
not lose faith in the just and true. It is Glaucon who seizes
what may be termed the ludicrous relation of the philosopher
to the world, to whom a state of simplicity is "a city of
pigs," who is always prepared with a jest when the argument
offers him an opportunity, and who is ever ready to second
the humor of Socrates and to appreciate the ridiculous,
whether in the connoisseurs of music, or in the lovers of
theatricals, or in the fantastic behavior of the citizens of
democracy. His weaknesses are several times alluded to by
Socrates, who, however, will not allow him to be attacked by
his brother Adeimantus. He is a soldier, and, like
Adeimantus, has been distinguished at the battle of Megara.
---終わり---