Acting and Knowing before Plato: on Solon's Theodicy

M. Bonazzi

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Abstract

The paper argues for a compatibilist reading of the two most important of Solon's poems, the Elegy on the Polis and the Elegy to the Muses. In the two poems Solon claims that the gods intervene in the human world and sanction good and evil actions. The problem is, however, that human beings are not always able to understand the divine perspective. This leads to recognise that they need divine help and therefore the exhortation to moderation
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThinking, knowing, acting
Subtitle of host publicationEpistemology and ethics in Plato and ancient Platonism
EditorsMauro Bonazzi, Angela Ulacco, Filippo Forcignanò
Place of PublicationLeiden
PublisherBrill
Number of pages19
ISBN (Electronic)9789004398993
ISBN (Print)9789004398986
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Publication series

NameBrill's Plato Studies Series
PublisherBrill
Volume3

Keywords

  • Theodicy
  • Solon of Athens
  • presocratic philosophy

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