Název: The social, therapeutic and didactic dimension of shame in Seneca's thinking
Zdrojový dokument: Pro-Fil. 2023, roč. 24, č. 1, s. 13-22
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13-22
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ISSN1212-9097 (online)
Trvalý odkaz (DOI): https://doi.org/10.5817/pf23-1-33840
Trvalý odkaz (handle): https://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/digilib.79829
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Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International
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Abstrakt(y)
This paper analyses the problem of shame in the thinking of Lucius Annaeus Seneca. The authors examine this problem primarily in two contexts. The first, social meaning, understands shame as an emotion that appears during a conflict between a person's "self" and social norms. Seneca mainly tackles this question concerning providing "benefits" (beneficia) in his On Benefits and eighty-first letter of Moral Epistles. The second therapeutic and didactic meaning utilises shame as an instrument to manage some illnesses of the mind (for example, anger). Moreover, to educate a "Stoic disciple" (proficiens), deliberate exposure to shame in public marks one of the important techniques to near the perfect ideal of "the wise man" (sapiens) and to prepare oneself for service in public office. Especially in Moral Epistles, we find a detailed description of this didactic approach and the limiting factors to using this technique.
Note
The paper was supported by grant VEGA č. 1/0020/21 The Evolution of the Concept of Shame in the Ancient and Contemporary Moral Philosophy with an Accent on Its Ethical Functions.
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