PLATÓNOV SOKRATES A PROBLEMATIKA ANTROPOLOGICKÉHO OBRATU.

The following study scrutinizes Plato's account of Socrates' intellectual biography in the dialogue Phaedo. This account is crucial for the interpretation of Socrates' philosophy as an „antropological turn“, that separates Presocratic philosophical tradition from its Socratic counterpart. The first part of this study exposes Plato's account in Phaedo as exaggerated and inaccurate treatment of Presocratic - especially Anaxagorean - philosophy. Study then proceeds to pinpoint common features between Plato's Socrates and Anaxagoreans. Subsequently, extensive Anaxagorean contaminations are found in Platonic theoretical (metaphysics, cosmology) as well as practical (ethics, philosophy as way of life) philosophy. The study concludes that Socrates' anthropological turn is in fact an artificial product of Plato's philosophy that calls for further examination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]