ABSTRACT
The philosophical, epistemic order of logos as an antidote, as a force inscribed within the general alogical economy of the pharmakon is not something we are proposing here as a daring interpretation of Platonism. The use Socrates makes of the pharmakon does not have as its goal the guaranteeing of the pharmakeu's power. The nakedness of the pharmakon, the blunt bare voice, carries with it certain mastery in the dialogue, on the condition that Socrates overtly renounces its benefits: knowledge as power, passion, and pleasure. Hence the Socratic pharmacy, in working to free us from it, corresponds to an operation of exorcism, in a form that could be envisaged and conducted from the side and viewpoint of God. The discourse of Socrates will hence apply itself to the task of translating that manteia into philosophy, cashing in on that capital, turning it to account, taking account of it, giving accounts and reasons, upholding the reasoning of that basileo-patro-helio-theological dictum.
