Anthropomorphic Motifs in Ancient Greek Ideas on the Origin of the Cosmos-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Anthropomorphic Motifs in Ancient Greek Ideas on the Origin of the Cosmos

Published:2023-02-15 Issue:2 Volume:33 Page:172-183
ISSN:1210-3055
Container-title:Human Affairs
language:en
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Author:

Zelinová Zuzana¹^ORCID,Škvrnda František²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Filozofická fakulta, Katedra filozofie a dejín filozofie , Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave , Šafárikovo námestie 6, 814 99 , Bratislava , Slovakia

2. Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics in Bratislava , Dolnozemská cesta 1, 852 35 , Bratislava 5 , Slovakia

Abstract

Abstract In our article, we will focus on an analysis of the relationship between man and the cosmos, set against the backdrop of ancient Greek ideas about the origin of the world. On the one hand, we will deal with the images of the creation of the world provided in Greek mythology and the religious tradition associated with it (in particular Hesiod); on the other hand, we will approach the anthropomorphic elements within the framework of philosophical cosmogonies (Plato’s dialogue, the Timaeus). Our aim is to show that Greek philosophical thought was never able to fully relinquish this anthropomorphism but nonetheless it did move away from a purely mythological tradition (as found in Hesiod and the pre-Socratics) and, in some measure towards a more scientific interpretation of the cosmos (as found in Plato).

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Law,Philosophy,Sociology and Political Science

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/humaff-2022-1003/pdf

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