Schicksal und Entscheidungsfreiheit bei Quintus Smyrnaeus
Fate and Freedom of Choice with Quintus Smyrnaeus
- In the Posthomerica references to an omnipotent fate or to the power of the gods are strikingly frequent. Modern scholarship has often treated this as Stoic. Closer reading reveals that Quintus is, on the one hand, following the Homeric concept of double motivation, according to which humans can be motivated by a deity only to an act that conforms to their character and for which they are responsible. On the other hand, Quintus gives these statements on responsibility to characters who are trying to excuse their own acts to themselves and, particularly, to others, i.e. they are motivated contextually. It would be non-Stoic to excuse oneself for a bad deed by reference to an almighty fate. It seems that Quintus, by presenting this tension, wanted the reader to reconsider and reflect on the different concepts.
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| Author details: | Ursula GärtnerORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-398657 |
| ISSN: | 1866-8380 |
| Title of parent work (German): | Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Philosophische Reihe |
| Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Philosophische Reihe (134) |
| Publication type: | Postprint |
| Language: | German |
| Date of first publication: | 2017/08/10 |
| Publication year: | 2014 |
| Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Release date: | 2017/08/10 |
| Tag: | Entscheidungsfreiheit; Schicksal; Stoa Posthomerica; Quintus Smyrnaeus |
| Issue: | 134 |
| Number of pages: | 33 |
| Source: | Philologus 158 (2014) 1, S. 97-129. DOI: 10.1515/phil-2014-0007 |
| Organizational units: | Philosophische Fakultät / Klassische Philologie |
| DDC classification: | 8 Literatur / 87 Lateinische, italische Literaturen / 870 Italische Literaturen; Lateinische Literatur |
| 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 93 Geschichte des Altertums (bis ca. 499), Archäologie / 930 Geschichte des Altertums bis ca. 499, Archäologie | |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Open Access |
| Grantor: | Walter de Gruyter Online Zeitschriften |
| License (German): |  Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
| External remark: | Bibliographieeintrag der Originalveröffentlichung/Quelle |
