OD ZOROASTRA K SÓKRATOVI: VZŤAH ANTICKEJ FILOZOFIE A MÁGIE V 5. A 4. STOROČÍ PRED KR. (I)

• Authors: Kalaš Andrej , Škvrnda František

Title variants

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From Zoroaster to Socrates: Ancient philosophy and magic in the 5th and 4th centuries B.C. (I)

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The first part of this study offers a contextual analysis of the terms mageia and goe-teia in the Greek literature of the 5th century B. C. These terms have obviously oriental, namely Persian origin. Consequently, the magical terminology of some of pre-Socratic philosophers is scrutinized. By textual analysis of Gorgias’ Encomium of Helen, Empedocles’ fragments, and various ancient reports on Pythagoras, an essential bond between „magic“ and „philosophy“ is established. These authors understood philosophy as a magical craft working primarily with verbal persuasion and alternation of emotions (Gorgias) that were part of a broader phenomenon including mysticism, eschatological beliefs (Empedocles) and oriental way of life (Pythagoras).

Keywords

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PERSIA; MAGIC; PHILOSOPHY; GORGIAS; EMPEDOCLES; PYTHAGORAS; GREEK LITERATURE; ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 73
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 85 – 96

Contributors

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Kalaš Andrej

• Katedra filozofie a dejín filozofie UK v Bratislave, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

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Škvrnda František