What is Plato's concept of catharsis?
For Plato, catharsis has a propaedeutic function. It is a preliminary and preparatory reflection in the process of knowledge, where the senses, preconceptions, and false ideas are set aside. Catharsis connotes purification but is understood as a cleansing or dissipation of intellectual obscurities.
For Plato, catharsis has a propaedeutic function. It is a preliminary and preparatory reflection in the process of knowledge, where the senses, preconceptions, and false ideas are set aside. Catharsis connotes purification but is understood as a cleansing or dissipation of intellectual obscurities.