{"id":5429,"date":"2018-03-26T13:39:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T10:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/?p=5429"},"modified":"2022-01-10T12:38:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T10:38:31","slug":"eleni-kaklamanou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/en\/eleni-kaklamanou\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Necessity of the ‘Useful Lies’ in Plato’s Republic”"},"content":{"rendered":"
Research Proposal<\/span>Conference<\/span>Research Results<\/span>Short Bio<\/span>Publications<\/span><\/div>
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Summary of the Research Proposal<\/h4>\n

This project is concerned with the concept of lying in the Platonic corpus and, in particular, on the \u201cuseful\u201d instances of lies in Plato\u2019s Republic. Towards the end of Book II of the Republic, Plato draws a distinction between what he calls \u201clies in the soul\u201d and \u201clies in words\u201d (282b-e). The former represent \u201cignorance about the most important things\u201d and should be hated by everyone (382B). But \u201clies in words\u201d, he goes on to say, may be useful and, as such, are not deserving of hatred (382c). He lists three cases of \u201cuseful lies in words\u201d a. lies to enemies, b. lies to deranged or depressed friends, which aim at preventing them from doing something bad and c. stories about events long ago, which make a falsehood as much like the truth as possible (382c-d). Later, he lists the Noble Lie (414b-415d) among the \u2018useful lies\u2019. Elsewhere in the Republic lies are called \u201cdrugs\u201d (459c).
\nThe debate surrounding the place of lying in Plato\u2019s Republic has, for the last century, been dominated by Karl Popper\u2019s (1966) fierce criticism of Plato\u2019s willingness to include a lie of any sort, within the foundational structure of the ideal city. Recently, Schofield (2006) has recognized the nuance of Plato\u2019s thought and provides a thorough examination of the motivation behind the Noble Lie. Schofield points out that Plato challenges the norms of truth-telling prevalent within his own society as well as considering issues based in contemporary Kantian views.<\/p>\n

This\u00a0<\/em>research project was funded by the Research Centre for the Humanities (RCH), with the support of the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation.
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To view the conference\u2019s program in Greek, click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The research results of the program “The Necessity of the ‘Useful Lies’ in Plato’s Republic”, by Eleni Kaklamanou
\nhave been published in Greek by RCH Digital Library<\/a>, as part of the journal PIXELS@humanities<\/a><\/strong>,
\nin the volume\u00a0Research Results<\/span>\u00a02018: <\/span>epistemology \u2013 space \u2013 health \u2013 history<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read the article in Greek here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Eleni Kaklamanou <\/strong>received her Ph.D in \u00a0Ancient Philosophy at Trinity College, University of Dublin. She is adjunct lecturer at the Open University of Cyprus. She has formerly taught philosophy at the Universities of Crete and Cyprus. Her main research includes Plato and Platonism, political philosophy, ancient political theories, aesthetics, theories of knowledge.<\/p>\n

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Selected Publications<\/h4>\n
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  • \u201cAn Old Academic on Rhetoric: The Example of Xenocrates\u201d, Dionysius\u00a0 XVIII 2011: 7-18.<\/li>\n
  • \u2018\u2018Speusippus on Cognitive Sense-perception: Sextus Empiricus M<\/em> 7.145-6\u201d British<\/em> Journal for the History of Philosophy<\/em> 20 (6) 2012: 1183-93.<\/li>\n
  • \u201cReading the Proemium of Plato\u2019s Theaetetus<\/em>: Euclides in Action\u201d, Greek Roman and Byzantine Studies<\/em> 36 2016: 410-437 (co-author M. Pavlou).i<\/li>\n
  • \u2018\u03a6\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03a6\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u039a\u03bf\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03af\u03b1\u2019 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u00a0 \u0393. \u039a\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03b1\u03bd\u03ce\u03bb\u03b7\u03c2 (\u03b5\u03c0.) \u0395\u03b9\u03c3\u03b1\u03b3\u03c9\u03b3\u03ae \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u0391\u03c1\u03c7\u03b1\u03af \u03a6\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03b1, \u03a0\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9\u03b1\u03ba\u03ad\u03c2 \u0395\u03ba\u03b4\u03cc\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u039a\u03c1\u03ae\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2<\/em> \u00a02017: 181-216<\/li>\n
  • \u2018Philosophy and Mathematics in Antiquity\u2019,<\/em> Hermathena<\/em>, vols 190-1 2011 (co-editor P. Larsen)<\/li>\n
  • Framing the Dialogues: How to Read Openings and Closures in Plato\u2019s Dialogues\u2019 <\/em>Brill 2018 (co-edtors A. Tsakmakis, M. Pavlou)<\/li>\n
  • Review in\u00a0 Thomas L. Carson, Lying and Deception, Theory and Practice<\/em>, Oxford: Oxford University Press 2010, The Journal of Applied Philosophy<\/em> 28.2, 2011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cultures-and-cultural-production-en","category-research"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5429"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9543,"href":"https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5429\/revisions\/9543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rchumanities.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}