“Everything is Full of Gods”; Theologia - Muthologia and the Beginning of the Ancient Greek Political Thought

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Fayyaz Mahdi; Eslami Rouhollah; Athari Hossein; Taghavi Mohammad Ali

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Journal: Journal of Philosophical Investigations in Scopus Year:2023 | Volume: | Issue: Page(s): 128-146

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“Everything is Full of Gods”; Theologia - Muthologia and the Beginning of the Ancient Greek Political Thought

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Fayyaz Mahdi | Eslami Rouhollah | Athari Hossein | Taghavi Mohammad Ali | Issue Writer Certificate

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HomerQ4

HesiodQ4

Ancient Greek political thoughtQ4

Ancient Greek poetryQ4

Eric VoegelinQ4

Greek mythology-theologyQ4

Abstract

The primary objective of this article is to elucidate that a comprehensive understanding of Greek political thought necessitates an examination of its origins in Ancient Greece. Traditional scholarship in Greek political thought has typically assumed that it originated concurrently with philosophy and the establishment of the polis. In this research, drawing upon the visions of Eric Voegelin and Leo Strauss, we endeavor to establish a refined definition of political thought while challenging the aforementioned conventional assumption. It is argued that political reflection remains intimately intertwined with the theological-mythological beginning of thought in Greece. This theological-mythological mode of thinking initially found expression in the works of Homer and Hesiod, with these poets serving as the foremost intellectual authorities and initial educators of the Greeks. The Greeks, in their self-perception, viewed themselves through a lens of religion and in the mirror of gods and divine forces. Consequently, any exploration into Greek political thought must acknowledge the works of these poets as the seminal intellectual foundations of Greek thought. It is imperative to recognize that political thought in Ancient Greece did not commence with philosophy or the emergence of the polis, but rather with poetry and a distinct form of religious-mythical experience, namely theologia-muthologia.

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