RT Journal Article
T1 The relevance of Xenophon’s Anabasis and Plato’s Meno to nursing
A1 González Sanz, Juan Diego
AB The current situation in which the humanities are disparaged affects all universitydisciplines, including nursing, in whose historical evolution the humanities have alwaysbeen present in one form or another. Looking beyond this disrepute, this studyproposes that nursing renew its attention to classical philosophy. Specifically, it invitesa close reading of Xenophon's Anabasis and Plato's Meno, to get three relatedgoals: to show how the use of ancient texts are very valuable tools for the philosophicalinitiation of nursing students and can help them reflect on their choice of nursingas a practical activity; to reflect on the problem of virtue and the nature of the goodlife; and to show how the interaction with ancient texts allows students to reflecton questions and issues of life, theirs and others, that are not open to investigationthrough a purely scientific method. Consequently, both Anabasis and Meno readingsstrengthen the intellectual relationship between philosophy and nursing, enablingthe latter to delve deeper into the key questions of its own thought as a discipline.
PB Wiley
SN 1466-769X
YR 2020
FD 2020-07
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18913
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18913
LA eng
NO Gonzalez Sanz, J. D. (2020). The relevance of Xenophon’s Anabasis and Plato’s Meno to nursing. Nursing Philosophy, 21(4). DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1111/nup.12313
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026