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Mythische Vorbilder des sakralen Gesetzgebers bei Platon (Nomoi I-IV) : eine Einführung in den religiösen Hintergrund der Nomoi

  • This paper focuses on the religious background of lawgiving and its mythical models in books I-IV of the Laws. This latest of Plato's Works deals with the main tasks of a legislator in the ideal political community. In this dialogue, the lawgiver (nomothetes) is the heir of a long Greek tradition with mythical and historical forerunners (Solon, Lycurgus, Epimenides, etc.) who had a special relation with the divinity. Perhaps the best example of this kind of divine lawgiver is Minos, who was able of knowing the Gods' will and received from them the holy laws. In that aspect, Plato depends on the legendary nomothetai from myth and dwells heavily in oracular procedures as a way of communication with divinity and acquisition of decrees or confirmation of laws. If our view is correct, the model for the best possible constitution comes from Divine Wisdom (i.e. Philosophy) through oracular mediation from their mythical origins in Crete and Egypt. The medium between Gods and Men and its mantic practices - as the holy men (theioi andres) fromThis paper focuses on the religious background of lawgiving and its mythical models in books I-IV of the Laws. This latest of Plato's Works deals with the main tasks of a legislator in the ideal political community. In this dialogue, the lawgiver (nomothetes) is the heir of a long Greek tradition with mythical and historical forerunners (Solon, Lycurgus, Epimenides, etc.) who had a special relation with the divinity. Perhaps the best example of this kind of divine lawgiver is Minos, who was able of knowing the Gods' will and received from them the holy laws. In that aspect, Plato depends on the legendary nomothetai from myth and dwells heavily in oracular procedures as a way of communication with divinity and acquisition of decrees or confirmation of laws. If our view is correct, the model for the best possible constitution comes from Divine Wisdom (i.e. Philosophy) through oracular mediation from their mythical origins in Crete and Egypt. The medium between Gods and Men and its mantic practices - as the holy men (theioi andres) from myth and archaic Greek politics - seems a key figure for a better understanding of Plato's most complex dialogue.show moreshow less

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Author details:David Hernández de la Fuente
URL:http://www.ingentaconnect.com/journals/browse/brill/zrg
ISSN:0044-3441
Publication type:Article
Language:German
Year of first publication:2010
Publication year:2010
Release date:2017/03/25
Source:Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte. - ISSN 0044-3441. - 62 (2010), 2, S. 105 - 124
Organizational units:Philosophische Fakultät / Historisches Institut
Peer review:Referiert
Institution name at the time of the publication:Philosophische Fakultät / Historisches Institut und Klassische Philologie
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