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Universal, 86-87; and awareness
of own limitations, 86-87; diversification of, into multitude of peoples, 75; generic-unique nature of man, 68-69; Hesiod on origin of, 214-17; search for truth by, 88, 89-90; spiritual process of, 76-78; and transcendence, 256-57. See also Anthropology; Human nature |
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institutions in, 127-29; artifacts of,
in Mycenae, 129; bull-god of, 123-25, 219; end of, 123; fleur-de-lis symbol of, 125-26, 205; flowering of, 121-29; Great Mother goddess of, 124, 127; Hesiod on, 100; inclusion of, in Greek history, 96-98, 112; navy of, 108-9, 122; overview of, 27-32; in Plato's Laws, 110, 111; and symbols of order, 123-27; terminology of, 96-98. See also Crete and Cretans |
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society, 129-34; and bronze age,
218; decline of, 143-44, 178, 181; Hesiod on, 100; history of, 135-36; and Homer's epic consciousness, 106, 136-44; inclusion of, in Greek history, 96-98, 112; overview of, 27, 32, 37; as past of Aegean-wide society, 135-36; terminology of, 96-98; town settlements of, 182. See also Achaeans |
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Chinese myth of five ages, 221-23;
of cosmic cycles, 76; cosmological myth, 67, 74, 139-40, 337-38; disintegration of, by discovery of soul, 315; epic myth, 101, 106, 136-44, 217-18, 235, 311, 407, 442; evolution of, from Doxa, 288-90; Herodotus's use of, 105-6; Hesiodian mythical speculation generally, 74, 236, 240-41, 251; and Hesiod's Theogony, 200-206, 216-17, 245; of Minotaur, 124; of omphalos, 30-31, 111, 114; and Plato generally, 206, 288; Plato's myth of alternative motions of universe, 178; Plato's myth of Athens and Atlantis, 407; Plato's myth of cosmos, 288-89; of Prometheus, 359-61, 394, 396; of Sisyphus, 395-97; transition to metaphysics from, 195-200; transition to philosophy from, 74, 234-40; of Wrath of Meleager, 155, 210; Xenophanes' attack on, 42, 236, 240-53. See also Fables; Hesiod; Homer; specific gods and goddesses, such as Zeus |
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323; alcidamas on, 400; Antiphon
the Sophist on, 387, 390-93, 397- 98; conflict between Dike and, 356; in Critias' Sisyphus, 394-97; disintegration of Athenian Nomos, 394, 398-99, 406; Heraclitus on, 304-5, 311, 380, 382; and Hippias, 356-58; and medical dichotomy, 391; in New Testament, 77; and physis, 47, 357, 379-88, 390-92, 394-95; Plato on, 305; procedural nomos in Athens after defeat in Peloponnesian War, 48; as product of evolution, 394-97; Protagoras on, 381-82, 384; sophists on, 281, 356-58, 379-86; as "way of life," 209n28 |
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137-39; awareness of qualitative differences between men, 271-72; compared with Hesiod, 230-31; compared with Iliad, 175-76; constitutional order of Achaean kingdoms in, 145, 146; Crete's description in, 31; dating of, 169; disorder in, 145, 164, 167-72, 176-78, 265; inspiration of, 140-41; music images in, 142; noble society in generally, 218; Zeus, 167, 169, 176, 177, 202 |
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308; creation of, by every society, 39;
disorder as stimulus for reconnection with, 17-18; Egyptian order, 195-96; eunomia (right order), 42, 186, 256, 257, 264-70, 317; Greek order, 93-95, 98-99; Heraclitus on, 301-11, 329; in Hesiod's Works and Days, 201, 206-13; Hippias on, 357; and Homer's Iliad, 35-37, 143-67; and Homer's Odyssey, 145, 164, 167-72, 176-78; Minoan symbols of, 123-27; noetic order, 174; origin of, in Hesiod's Theogony, 200-206, 216-17, 245, 252; and persuasion, 326-27; Plato on, 44, 94-95, 99, 109-10, 114-15, 128, 174, 308, 326-27, 403, 431-32; in presence of God, 71; single society of human beings as primary field of, 67-68; sophists on, 347; and soul, 227; and transcendental irruption, 311-13; types of, 20; Voegelin's one source of, 19-20. See also Disorder Order and History (Voegelin):"being" described in, 14; change in Voegelin's approach to, 9-10, 21, 23; epigram at beginning of, 25; and international reputation for Voegelin, 9; on metastatic experiences, 225n47; original scheme of, 21, 22, 73; principles underlying, 15-16; on prophets, 225n46; reviews of, 2, 5; as textbook, 9; writing style of, 1-9 |
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329, 348, 349, 366-74; compared
with Heraclitus, 307; compared with Hesiod, 276, 278; contemporaries of, 102; on Doxa, 41, 274, 275, 276, 285-90, 288n12, 292, 368; dualism of Night and Light in, 276, 278, 286-87, 288; as "founder" of "school" of philosophy, 237, 285, 291, 292; on God, 250; importance of, 39, 237; "Is"/"Is not" exclamatory, 281-83, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 292; in Italy, 235; on logos, 280, 281, 284, 286-88, 291, 292, 366; on Nous, 280, 282, 284, 289, 304, 368, 372; in Plato's Symposion, 206n24; and sophists, 343; on soul, 239, 277-80, 293, 311; on truth of being, 279-85, 392; and "Way of Truth, " 40-41, 274-79, 289-91; on ways of inquiry, 280-82 |
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77, 78; Epistle to the Hebrews by, 300;
Epistle to the Romans by, 77, 175; on history, 78-79, 81; on homonoia, 12; on human stages of spiritual process, 76-78; and Judaism, 77, 80; on virtues, 300; Voegelin's treatment of, 23 |
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demagogues, 38; constitutional
reforms of, 344; death of, 437; Funeral Oration by, 317, 341, 436, 445-46; Golden Age of, 185, 408, 433; Hippodamus as architect under, 404; imperial policy of, 418, 419, 422-23, 431, 437; as orator, 362; Plato on, 431; sophists' influence on, 343; speeches of, in Thucydides' Syngraphe , 436, 441, 445-46; successors of, 188, 437 |
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182, 188, 193, 194, 221, 234, 236, 318,
398, 406, 408, 416-18 |
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113, 128, 186, 190, 192, 235, 317, 318,
341, 342, 385, 406, 407, 409-16, 427, 438, 448 |
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Christianity, 21; of consciousness,
9-15, 21; emergence of, 234-40; Hegel on, 83-85; of Hellenic civilization generally, 20, 25-26, 67, 118; Heraclitus on philosopher, 298; historian compared with philosopher, 320-21; nature of, 239; Plato on philosopher, 298-99; and polis, 94-95; and "savage philosopher, " 246-47; transition from myth to, 74, 234-40; types of, 252. See also Philosophy of history; specific philosophers |
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structure of history, 72-73; Jaspers
on, 88-89; mysteries and problems in, 70-73; sources of difficulties in, 69-70; as Western symbolism, 89-90. See also History |
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on, 387, 388, 390-92; Archelaus on,
394-95; Aristotle on, 400; Critias on, 396; Democritus on, 374, 376; Heraclitus on, 381; Logos versus, 356; medical or physiological sense of, 398; metaphor of man as heavenly growth, 278; Milesian speculation on, 25 1-52; and nomos, 47, 357, 379-88, 390-92, 394-95; Protagoras on, 383, 384; sophists on, 281, 379-88, 390-92, 394-95 |
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anamnesis
of, 40, 200; on
andreia
(courage), 227; anthropology of, 177; on blindness, 141; Cave Parable of, 294n4; Christianity and Neo- Platonism, 22-24; coinage of term theology by, 197; compared with Homer, 176-77; on constitutional government, 403, 405; on courage, 41-42; critical opposition of, to corruption of Athens, 3; on Demiurge, 289, 368; on doxa, 398; on eidos, 197n5; on eikos mythos, 288; ethics of, 247, 376; as founder of political science, 4; on God, 177, 178, 202, 243, 308, 365; and Greek federations, 193; historical consciousness of, 109-11; and Homer, 32, 107, 240, 243; on Idea, 283, 429; "idealism" of, 233; on immanentist perversion of search for truth, 399; on Judgment of the Dead, 295n6; on justice, 208; on metaxy, 15; on mixed form of government, 378; and myth generally, 206, 288; myth of alternative motions of universe, 178; myth of Athens and Atlantis, 407; myth of cosmos, 289; on Nous and Nomos, 305; on order, 44, 94-95, 99, 109-10, 114-15, 128, 174, 308, 326-27, 403, 431-32; Parmenides' influence on, 285, 288-89; on philosopher, 298-99; philosopher- king of, 42, 269, 312-13, 381, 398, 431; philosophy of generally, 25, 47, 76, 243, 252, 316, 432; on polis, 38, 98, 99, 113, 210, 239, 258, 262, 306; and Prodicus, 345; on Prometheus, 394; and Protagoras, 346-50, 347n1; and rabble, 185; relation between Thucydides and, 432; religiousness of late Plato, 253; Seventh Letter of, 25; and Socrates, 237; on Sons of Zeus, 202, 208; on sophia, 255; and sophists, 343-44, 351-59, 377, 394, 429, 437; on soul, 227, 227n49, 243, 277-79, 295n5; on submarine existence, 279; on theology, 22, 22n61, 74, 243; on time, 283; on true politeia, 378; on truth, 199, 299; on tyranny, 415; on Tyrtaean elegy, 263-64; virtues of, 158, 379; on volition, 247 |
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123, 124, 302;
Gorgias,
3n7, 74,
227n49, 233, 273, 295n5, 362, 402, 431, 436; Hippias Major, 352; Hippias Minor, 352, 353, 355, 358; Laws, 28, 29-30, 31, 110-11, 114, 263-64, 310n23, 346-47, 375, 403, 405; Minos, 20; Parmenides, 24, 283; Phaedo, 204n21, 295n5; Phaedrus, 202, 292n1, 295n5, 298; Philebus, 375; Protagoras, 346, 352, 355-57, 358-65, 383, 396; Republic, 31, 44, 240, 243, 250n14, 257, 263, 269, 285, 294n4, 345, 347, 350, 351, 353, 377, 403, 405; Statesman, 36, 178, 308n20, 338; Symposion, 206n24; Theatetus, 372; Timaeus, 200, 260, 288, 294, 302, 327, 368 |
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of Homeric epic, 311; Logos and
Hellenic prophetic poets, 142; Muses' revelation to Hellenic poets, 140-42. See also Elegy; specific poets |
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37-38, 184, 189-90; decline of old
aristocratic order in, 186, 189; Democritus on, 378; disappearance of, 38; and failure of leagues of Greek cities, 190-94; gentilitian structure of, 182-85, !89; Hesiod on, 181; Hippodamus of Miletus on, 405; history of, 181-89; "parochialism" of, 38; pathos of, 188-89, 260-62, 274, 317, 445-47; and philosophy, 94-95, 238-39; Platonic-Aristotelian constructions of, 38, 98, 99, 113, 210, 239, 258, 262, 306; and savage valor of Tyrtaeus, 41, 186, 258-64, 270, 274; and Solon's eunomia, 42, 186, 264-70, 317; and sympoliteia, 189-90; synoecism of, 182-83, 189-91. See also Athens |
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370-71, 379; ethics of, 379, 381; on
God, 348, 369; on homo-mensura ("Man-the-Measure"), 348, 349, 369, 371, 372; on Nomos, 381-82, 384; on Physis, 383, 384; and Plato, 346-50, 347n; and Plato's Protagoras, 346, 352, 355-57, 358-65, 396; Prometheus myth of, 394, 396; as skeptic, 382-83; and Socrates, 355-56, 361-65; as sophist, 285, 342, 343, 346-51, 347m, 355-56, 358-65, 369-72; on virtues, 47, 361, 363 |
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as, 306; Democritus on, 374-75;
emergence of, 239, 245; Heraclitus on, 41, 44, 299, 310; in Homer's epics, 157, 171-72, 177, 293-94; Plato on, 299; of Solon, 42. See also Soul |
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contemporaries of, 86, 87, 102;
description of Pythagoreanism, 234, 237; Heraclitus on, 242, 298, 304; and Hippodamus, 431; and metempsychosis, 295, 295n6; and homo-mensura ("Man is the Measure"), 348, 349; and sophists, 343; on soul, 239, 293-96, 295n5; and tetractys, 28, 126-27, 205; and truth, 276; Xenophanes on, 294 |
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152-55; Agamemnon's dream in
Iliad,
148-49, 154-55; and Christianity, 21, 89, 312, 329; Doxa as, 290; and Israel, 20, 25, 27, 67, 69, 72, 89, 90, 118, 119, 325; of Muses to Hellenic poets, 140-42 |
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societies, 19; creation of order by,
39, 67-68; decline of, 178; as "forms of mind, " 15-17; and generic-unique nature of man, 68-69; Toynbee on, 26 |
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contemporaries of, 402; criticisms of Athens by, 42; death of, 48, 358; disappearance of, behind literary types of, 442; and eironeia (irony), 208; and Greek federations, 193; on happiness, 272; on Heraclitus, 323n5; and Hippias, 352-55; on law, 354-55, 354n9; on order, 174; and Plato, 237; in Plato's Gorgias, 3n7, 233; in Plato's Minos, 2O; in Plato's Republic, 44; and Protagoras, 355-56, 361-65; as pupil of Prodicus, 345; on sophists, 343-44, 361-65; on virtues, 363-65 |
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187-88, 188n4; compared with
Homer, 265; on Doxa, 266, 267, 272, 274; elegy of, 264-71; eunomia of, 42, 186, 264-70, 274, 317; as lawgiver, 268-70; overview on, 42; reforms of, 42, 43, 186-88, 264, 317, 344; and unseen measure, 329 |
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Alcidamas as, 400; Anaxagoras as,
102, 235, 251, 342-43, 367-68, 371- 72; Antiphon the Sophist, 386-94, 397-402; and art of politics, 345-47, 359; compared with Socrates, 208; Critias as, 394-97; definition and terminology of, 342-43; Democritus as, 235, 343, 372-75, 376, 378-79; and education of Athens, 341-51; on equality and inequality, 397-400; extant primary sources on, 346, 351- 52, 365-66; and Greek federations, 193; on harmony, 401-5; Hippias as, 47, 342, 352-58, 354n9, 377; Hippodamus as, 403-5; late-sophistic fragments, 386-405, 437; list of, 342; on Logos, 285; Lycophron as, 399-400; on Nomos and Physis, 281, 379-86; overview on, 47; and Parmenides, 366-67; Phaleas as, 403-4; Plato on, 343-44, 351-59, 377, 394, 437, 442; and Plato's Protagoras, 359-65; Prodicus of Creos as, 399; Prometheus as, 332; and Prometheus Myth, 359-61; Protagoras as, 47, 285, 342, 343, 346-51, 347m, 355-56, 358-65, 369, 370-71; Socrates' opposition to, 343-44 |
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Aretai, 263; Augustine on, 246;
charismatic, 312; common Logos in every soul, 311; as daimon, 277, 278, 294-96; differentiation of, 272; and disintegration of myth, 315; "dry soul," 310, 312; Empedocles on, 294-95; Eunomia of, 269; and happiness, 374-75; Heraclitus on, 235, 236, 239, 242, 277, 293, 295-301, 310, 310n23, 311, 323, 323n5, 356; in Hesiod, 227; in Homeric period, 171-72, 247, 293-94; immortality of, 276-78, 296; logos of, 299-300; and mystery religions, 276; and order, 227; Orphic knowledge of, 234-35; Parmenides on, 239, 277-80, 293, 311; personal order of, 238-39; Plato on, 227, 227n49, 243, 277-79, 295n5; Pythagorean concept of, 239, 293-96; serenity of, 375-77, 379; and sophists, 355; tragedy as study of, 321, 325-26; and truth, 243, 299-300, 311, 329; vertical direction of, toward "All-Wise," 307, 308; Xenophanes on, 235, 239, 277, 293, 311, 356. See also Psyche |
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186; constitutional order of, 188,
264, 404; democratization of, 264; Messenian revolt in, 41, 186, 187, 260; and Peloponnesian War, 193; phylai (tribes) of, 182; polis in, 186; rivalry with Athens, 318, 341, 435; and savage valor of Tyrtaeus, 41, 43, 186, 258-64, 274; Thirty Years' Peace between Athens and, 193; war between Persia and, 193; Zeus's attacks on, 166 |
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413-18; sophistic method of teaching
through, 361-62; in Thucydides' Syngraphe, 431, 440-48 |
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of apocalypse, 231; of Being as
well-rounded sphere, 284, 285, 366; of bow, 309; of Chosen People of Israel, 80; Christian symbols, 23, 116; of circle, 307; deficiency of, 24; of fleur-de-lis, 125-26, 205; gnostic symbolism, 83-84; of Greek order, 94-95; of historical course, 116-19; of Homer, 32-33; and immanence, 430; of Israelites, 74, 115-16; Minoan symbols of order, 123-27; of myth of cosmic cycles, 76; of nomadic empires, 120n1; Parmenides and The Way, 40-41; philosophy of history as Western symbolism, 89-90; Promethean symbols, 328; seemliness of, 240-43, 245; and transcendence, 430; of trinity, 125-27, 205, 220; Tylor on, 246; Voegelin's lack of interest in ritual expressions of Greek unity, 38-39 |
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Augustine's classification of, 242-43;
of Egypt, 100, 101, 195-96, 202, 219; in Homer's epics, 169-70, 175-76; Memphite Theology, 196, 202; of Panaetius, 74, 79; Plato on, 22, 22n61, 74, 243; of Poseidonius, 74-75; Roman, 79-80; term coined by Plato, 197; and truth, 290; types of, 243, 253n18, 350; Varronic classification of, 242; of Xenophanes, 241, 243-53. See also God |
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413, 414, 426, 429; compared with
Hesiod, 231-33; compared with Machiavelli, 439; on Crete, 30, 31, 111, 122; on disorder, 185, 326, 428-32; on dynamics of power, 48; and erosion of language, 38; and Greek federations, 193; on Greek order, 94; Herodotus' influence on, 414; and Hippocratic method, 427-29; historical consciousness of, 107-10, 113-14, 115, 118; "historical reliability" of, 440-41; on kinesis, 425-40, 442, 443; life of, 423-24; literary form of Syngraphe, 439-43; Melian Dialogue of, 231-33; method of, 425-32; on Minos, 30, 30n77; Pericles' Funeral Oration in, 436, 445-46; relation between Plato and, 432; as sophist, 343; speeches in Syngraphe of, 431, 440-48; theory of, 432-41, 443 |
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141, 317, 318-19, 321, 321-38, 356;
Aristophanes on, 318-19; Aristotle on, 320-21; beginning of, 317-18; birth of history from, 337-38; end of, 338-40; by Euripides, 47, 339-40; function of, 325-26; meaning of action in, 321-27, 341, 401, 435; opposition of true and false reality in, 141; by Sophocles, 47; Thucydides and end of, 439; truth of, 317-21; Voegelin on, 47 |
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252-53, 306; cautions about, 329;
and Christianity, 301; and dabar, 118; and Gnosis, 83-84; and Logos, 369; and Memphite Theology, 196; Milesian speculation on, 251-52, 307; and mystic-philosophers, 311-12; and Nomos, 380; and Parmenides, 279, 290, 292-93, 372; and Plato, 206; and polymathie, 355; and Protagoras, 383; and social order, 312; and soul, 238, 246, 256, 292, 329; symbols for explicating experiences of, 430; and Thomistic analogia entis, 282; two experiences of, 251-53, 306-7; Xenophanes on, 247-50, 279, 290, 306 |
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being, 279-85; catharsis through,
200; Christ as Way of, 275, 289; coexistence of truth and untruth, 78-80; Hegel on, 83-84; Heraclitus on, 299; Hesiod on, 199-200, 209-10; Light of, 279, 282, 285; mankind's search for, 88, 89-90; Parmenides on, 40-41, 279-91, 392; Paul on, 76-78; Plato on, 74, 199, 243, 299; of present and untruth of past, 74-75; rivalry between Ways of, 289-91; search for, 399; and soul, 243, 299-300, 311, 329; of tragedy, 317-21; transcendental truth, 272; veiled, 397. See also Doxa, doxai (illusion, delusions) |
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philosophy, 252; relationship between
reality and, 442; of theology, 243, 253n18, 350; Way of Truth as, 274-79, 289-91; of wisdom, 296-98 |
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186-88, 264; as cure for oligarchy,
417; in Homer's Odyssey, 167-69; Plato on, 415; and soul, 239; strong man's establishment of, 402-3 |
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Christianity, 300-301; Plato on,
158, 378; Protagoras on, 47, 361, 363; Socrates on, 363-65; sophists on, 359-61, 363-64. See also Arete, aretai (excellence, virtue) |
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7, 7n20; education of, 10; European
travels of, 11; Hebrew studies by, 10n29; impact of America on, 10-15; and philosophy of consciousness, 9-15; Rockefeller fellowship for, 10; scholarship of, 7-8; style of, as militant author, 1-9; at Vienna Volkshochschule, 8n24. See also titles of specific works |
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Heraclitus on, 305, 309, 310, 380,
411; Herodotus on, 409-16, 427; Thucydides on, 424-27, 432-39; Tyrtaeus on "savage valor," 41, 258- 64, 270, 274. See also Peloponnesian War; Persian Wars; Trojan War |
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on, 296-98, 310, 384; human versus
divine, 296-98; as sophia, 141, 158, 254-58, 270, 272, 274; and sufferings, 411 |
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Table of Contents for, 55-65;
Introduction to, on Mankind and History, 15-25, 67-90; origins of, as "History of Ideas," 4; preface to, 53; reviews of, 5; writing style of, 4-9 |
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representations of gods, 40, 240, 241,
243-47; attack on myth by, 42, 236, 240-53; compared with Heraclitus, 303; compared with Tyrtaeus, 259, 261; and divinity of the One, 250-53; elegy of, 254-55, 258, 259, 270, 272; emigration of, to Italy, 234; on God, 241. 243-53, 357, 399; Heraclitus on, 242. 304; importance of generally, 39, 102; on Nous, 304; on Pythagoras, 294; on rainbow, 384; on seemliness of symbols, 240-43; self-conscious resistance of, 226-27, 273; sophia of, 254-58, 270, 272, 274; on soul, 235, 239, 277, 293, 311, 356; and universality of the divine, 247-50, 279, 306 |
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and Aion, 308; and Apollo, 31-32n80;
and ate, 173; cave of Zeus in Plato's Laws, 29-30, 110-111; and Dike, 173, 208-9, 211, 213, 225, 227, 245, 265-66, 324, 330, 439; evolution of, as ethical personality, 201-3, 207-8; in Hesiod's Theogony, 141, 201-3; in Hesiod's Works and Days, 207-9, 211-14, 217, 224-28, 230; Homeric participation in order of, 106, 178; in Homer's Iliad, 37, 142, 144, 148, 149, 155-56, 159, 166, 174; in Homer's Odyssey, 167, 169, 176, 177, 202; in Minoan Linear B tablets, 133; in Minoan myths, 124; Muses as daughters of, 200; and Olympian games, 43; in Pindar, 142; Pindar on, 380; in Plato's Protagoras, 360, 361; and Prometheus, 211-12, 396; Sons of Zeus, 202, 208; Tyrtaeus on, 260n4 |