https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2020.56.2.01
The first three sections of this paper are introductory. Their task is to define basic terms such as corporeality, person, stages, phases, and dimensions of the process of becoming a person. A correct understanding of the concept of God turns out to be of particular importance for understanding the concept of the human person. The thesis about the superiority of Platonic theology over Aristotle’s is justified. The following sections discuss the stages of becoming a human being: childhood, adulthood, and maturity. Each of them is presented from a perspective that combines the bodily dimension with spirituality. In the last section I attempt to express some of Plato’s psychological intuitions in modern language, focusing in particular on his notion of becoming a mature person through spiritual and psychological development. This tends to show Platonism as the basis of modern therapeutic practice.
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Received: 11/02/2020. Reviewed: 20/03/2020. Accepted: 18/04/2020
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