نوع مقاله : مقاله علمی- پژوهشی

نویسندگان

• مهدی فیاض ¹
• روح الله اسلامی ²
• حسین اطهری ²
• محمد علی تقوی ³

¹ دانشجوی دکتری علوم سیاسی، دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد، ایران.

² استادیار گروه علوم سیاسی، دانشگاه فردوسی مشهد، ایران.

³ دانشیار گروه علوم سیاسی، دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی، ایران

چکیده

The primary objective of this article is to elucidate that a comprehensive understanding of Greek political thought necessitates an examination of its origins in Ancient Greece. Traditional scholarship in Greek political thought has typically assumed that it originated concurrently with philosophy and the establishment of the polis. In this research, drawing upon the visions of Eric Voegelin and Leo Strauss, we endeavor to establish a refined definition of political thought while challenging the aforementioned conventional assumption. It is argued that political reflection remains intimately intertwined with the theological-mythological beginning of thought in Greece. This theological-mythological mode of thinking initially found expression in the works of Homer and Hesiod, with these poets serving as the foremost intellectual authorities and initial educators of the Greeks. The Greeks, in their self-perception, viewed themselves through a lens of religion and in the mirror of gods and divine forces. Consequently, any exploration into Greek political thought must acknowledge the works of these poets as the seminal intellectual foundations of Greek thought. It is imperative to recognize that political thought in Ancient Greece did not commence with philosophy or the emergence of the polis, but rather with poetry and a distinct form of religious-mythical experience, namely theologia-muthologia. 

کلیدواژه‌ها

• Homer
• Hesiod
• ancient Greek political thought
• ancient Greek poetry
• Eric Voegelin
• Greek mythology-theology

موضوعات

• فلسفه

عنوان مقاله [English]

“Everything is Full of Gods”; Theologia - Muthologia and the Beginning of the Ancient Greek Political Thought

نویسندگان [English]

• Mahdi Fayyaz ¹
• Rouhollah Eslami ²
• Hossein Athari ²
• Mohammad Ali Taghavi ³

¹ Ph.D. Candidate of Political Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

² Assistant Professor of Political Science Department, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

³ Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Allameh Tabatabai University, Iran

چکیده [English]

The primary objective of this article is to elucidate that a comprehensive understanding of Greek political thought necessitates an examination of its origins in Ancient Greece. Traditional scholarship in Greek political thought has typically assumed that it originated concurrently with philosophy and the establishment of the polis. In this research, drawing upon the visions of Eric Voegelin and Leo Strauss, we endeavor to establish a refined definition of political thought while challenging the aforementioned conventional assumption. It is argued that political reflection remains intimately intertwined with the theological-mythological beginning of thought in Greece. This theological-mythological mode of thinking initially found expression in the works of Homer and Hesiod, with these poets serving as the foremost intellectual authorities and initial educators of the Greeks. The Greeks, in their self-perception, viewed themselves through a lens of religion and in the mirror of gods and divine forces. Consequently, any exploration into Greek political thought must acknowledge the works of these poets as the seminal intellectual foundations of Greek thought. It is imperative to recognize that political thought in Ancient Greece did not commence with philosophy or the emergence of the polis, but rather with poetry and a distinct form of religious-mythical experience, namely theologia-muthologia. 

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

• Homer
• Hesiod
• ancient Greek political thought
• ancient Greek poetry
• Eric Voegelin
• Greek mythology-theology