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Der Kriegskommissar der bayerischen Armee während des dreißigjährigen Krieges (Dissertationsprojekt)
(2012)
Geleitwort
(2012)
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) from myth and archaic Greek politics - seems a key figure for a better understanding of Plato's most complex dialogue.
Aspekte des Zitat : Überlegungen zur Anwendung eines modernen Konzepts auf antike lateinische Texte
(2010)
Fehrbellin
(2010)
Kremmen
(2010)
Militärische Mobilisierung, gesellschaftliche Ordnung und politische Partizipation : eine Einleitung
(2010)
The enlargement of its staff in a case of defence was one of the central goals of the Reichswehr, the German armed forces during the Weimar Republic. To this end, military and civilian agencies sought to organise a "replacement army", the Landesschutzorganisation (national defence organisation). The Social Democrat led Prussian Government wanted to set this cooperation on a solid legal basis, thereby bringing the Landesschutzorganisation under democratic control. This approach not only failed because the Reichswehr continued to recruit affiliates of the nationalist camp for the Landesschutzorganisation in defiance of the "guidelines". More importantly, both the Prussian State Government as well as the Reichswehr leadership left the codification of this cooperation to subordinate levels, who interpreted these "guidelines" as they saw fit. The documents presented here include two versions of these regional agreements between a Prussian Oberprasidium (Provincial Governor) and a Wehrkreiskommando (Military District Command), most importantly the hitherto thought lost "Richtlinien" (guidelines) of April 26(th), 1929 and their implementation rules of May 23(rd), 1929.
Gedanken eines Autors
(2010)
Lucilius und die Emotionen
(2008)
Chapter 1, 2 of the Noctes Atticae reports how the orator and politician Herodes Atticus silences a boastful young Stoic by citing a diatribe of Epictetus. The article shows that Gellius - unlike his own assertion - does not describe a real experience. Instead he dramatizes the text (Epict. diss. 2, 19), which is the origin of the citation. Comparing both texts one finds details of the scenery described, the characterizations of the protagonists as well as the themes discussed quite similar in both the non-cited parts of Epictetus and the text of Gellius. Particularly interesting in that respect is how Gellius takes up citing and its various aspects as it can be found in his model. Epictetus deals with this theme in a critical way, because in his opinion citations of authorities say nothing about the philosophical qualities of the person who uses them. While Gellius' praxis of citation is formally modelled very closely on Epictetus' speech, regarding the content he by no means rejects the use of philosophical citations as weapon to beat an opponent in discussion.