Due lati della stessa medaglia nella satira pirroniana di Timone di Fliunte
Timon of Phlius’ Philosophenspott represents a revival of Greek comic models for philosophical purposes. In this sense, Timon’s criticism, carried out through the stratagems of comedy, aims to demolish other philosophies. This criticism acts as a counterpoint to the philosophy of Pyrrho of Elis, whi...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas
2026
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| Online Access: | https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/phaos/article/view/21683 |
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| Summary: | Timon of Phlius’ Philosophenspott represents a revival of Greek comic models for philosophical purposes. In this sense, Timon’s criticism, carried out through the stratagems of comedy, aims to demolish other philosophies. This criticism acts as a counterpoint to the philosophy of Pyrrho of Elis, which Timon openly defends. In this contribution, I will demonstrate how Timon’s satire, which starts from the concept of Pyrrhonean anti-dogmatism, exploits the tools of comic Philosophenspott to defend its own philosophy, namely Pyrrhonism. Through a close reading of Timon’s fragments and a selected comparison with the stylistic repertory of Old Comedy, this article offers a unified interpretation of the Silloi as the interplay of a polemical pars destruens and an encomiastic pars construens, thereby clarifying their specifically Pyrrhonian import. |
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| ISSN: | 1676-3076 |
