@article {12207, title = {S{\'o}kratovsk{\'a} therapeia: Plat{\'o}nov Charmid{\'e}s 153a-158d}, journal = {Filozofia}, volume = {71}, number = {5}, year = {2016}, pages = {357-368}, type = {State}, abstract = {A therapeutic approach to reading the Socratic literature of the 4th century B.C. is based on the assumption that Socrates appears in Socratic dialogues not only as a persistent investigator or as a paradigm of ethical behaviour, but also as a therapist. Socrates cures the souls of his loved companions. Therapeia in Plato{\textquoteright}s Charades is a mask which Socrates deploys to force the young Charmides to examine the excellence (aret{\^e}). At the same time therapeia is a metaphor for Socratic dialogue as an art of curing through speeches (logo). Reading the prologue 153a-158d of Charades as a dramatic genre the paper tries to outline the possible meaning of Socratic {\textquotedblleft}speech therapy{\textquotedblright} in the context of a profound examination of excellence (aret{\^e}) as the care for the self and the others.}, keywords = {Care for the self, Plato{\textquoteright}s Charmides, S{\^o}phrosun{\^e}, Therapeutic function of Socratic dialogues}, author = {Suv{\'a}k, Vladislav} }