La función propedéutica del sofista y la emergencia del filósofo. División, dialéctica y paradigmas en el diálogo Sofista

Abstract

This purpose of this paper is to examine the issue of Plato's objectives in the Sophist. First, we will shed light on the main purpose Plato might be drawing in the prologue of the dialog, where the Eleatic Stranger begins to show his philosophical status. Then, we will locate the sophist's characterization within the framework of this main purpose, by reading the result of this characterization as an implicit which prepares the execution of the dialectic and anticipates the features of a key objectto this science.