Historical process and heavenly management: Hesiod’s message

Authors

  • Алексей Владиславович Халапсис National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine 4 Gagarina ave., Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, 49600, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9498-5829

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15587/2313-8416.2016.69142

Keywords:

Hesiod, myth of the races, heavenly management, Iron Age, historiosophy, regress

Abstract

The article is devoted to the explication of the theological and axiological views of Hesiod, underlying its historiosophical model. The poet formulated the problem, which was the first philosophical question in Greek culture – inconsistency between existence and proper. Their theme was the starting point of Greek intellectual project, and Hesiod contributed to the fact that philosophy originated in his motherland

Author Biography

Алексей Владиславович Халапсис, National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine 4 Gagarina ave., Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, 49600

ScD, PhD, Professor

Department of Philosophy and Political Sciences

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Published

2016-05-31

Issue

Section

Philosophical sciences