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KMID : 0387319990090030149
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Korean Journal of Health Policy and Administration
1999 Volume.9 No. 3 p.149 ~ p.169
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A Study on Platonic View of Health in 『Politeia』
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Ban Duk-Jin
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Abstract
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A purpose of this study is to understand Platonic View of Health in 「Politeia」. Though Plato was not so much a doctor as a philosopher, he had health care of children at heart. He mapped out an ideal type of nation in 「Politeia」, and he founded a Akademeia in order to realize his dreams. In his course of education, he put emphasis on the problem of health.
He extended poetry education for mental health and physical education for physical health. He placed high value on mental health above physical health, and poetry education corresponds to our reading education of today. He perceived that reading had a considerable influence on mental health promotion.
According to his assertion, life style, too, had something to do with health condition. To lead a simple, temperate life makes one health promote, on the other hand, to lead a complicated, intemperate life makes one´ health injure. Morever, he approved of a eugenic marriage and the law of jungle. If one is unable to take care of one´ health oneself, he would rather die than live. We cannot accept this proposal by general consent, but we cannot be too careful of our health.
We can draw out a philosophy of health from Platonic View of Health. For example, the importance of health education, the preference of mental health, the influence of reading education, and responsibility for self-care, etc. We need to establish a philosophy of health scientifically by lasting study of records.
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KEYWORD
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mental health, reading education, responsibility for self-care, the law of jungle, a philosophy of health
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