WORK AND JUSTICE WITHOUT MORAL CONTENT IN HESIOD’S WORKS AND DAYS
According to Michael Gagarin, Hesiod’s notion of dikê is not a moral notion, and it has to be disassociated from the moral connotations that it will start to assume later in the fifth century. For Gagarin, an ad hoc settlement of particular disputes in city courts is all there is to Hesiodic dikê. T...
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| description | According to Michael Gagarin, Hesiod’s notion of dikê is not a moral notion, and it has to be disassociated from the moral connotations that it will start to assume later in the fifth century. For Gagarin, an ad hoc settlement of particular disputes in city courts is all there is to Hesiodic dikê. This article objects to this interpretation of Hesiod and claims that Hesiod is working with a more substantial idea of dikê in his Works and Days. According to my reading, however, Hesiod’s more substantial notion of dikê still does not have moral content. I provide my reasons for this latter claim by showing that “work”, for Hesiod, does not have a moral significance, either. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-219323d362544f9ba2dd14195ad736da2025-02-02T13:37:20ZengTürk Felsefe DerneğiFelsefe Dünyası1301-08752020-12-01722392542040WORK AND JUSTICE WITHOUT MORAL CONTENT IN HESIOD’S WORKS AND DAYSRefik Guremen0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0795-331XORTA DOĞU TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİAccording to Michael Gagarin, Hesiod’s notion of dikê is not a moral notion, and it has to be disassociated from the moral connotations that it will start to assume later in the fifth century. For Gagarin, an ad hoc settlement of particular disputes in city courts is all there is to Hesiodic dikê. This article objects to this interpretation of Hesiod and claims that Hesiod is working with a more substantial idea of dikê in his Works and Days. According to my reading, however, Hesiod’s more substantial notion of dikê still does not have moral content. I provide my reasons for this latter claim by showing that “work”, for Hesiod, does not have a moral significance, either.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1149676hesiodworkjusticemoralityprometheusfive raceshesiodhesiodosişadaletahlakprometheusbeş ırk |
| spellingShingle | Refik Guremen WORK AND JUSTICE WITHOUT MORAL CONTENT IN HESIOD’S WORKS AND DAYS Felsefe Dünyası hesiod work justice morality prometheus five raceshesiod hesiodos iş adalet ahlak prometheus beş ırk |
| title | WORK AND JUSTICE WITHOUT MORAL CONTENT IN HESIOD’S WORKS AND DAYS |
| title_full | WORK AND JUSTICE WITHOUT MORAL CONTENT IN HESIOD’S WORKS AND DAYS |
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| title_short | WORK AND JUSTICE WITHOUT MORAL CONTENT IN HESIOD’S WORKS AND DAYS |
| title_sort | work and justice without moral content in hesiod s works and days |
| topic | hesiod work justice morality prometheus five raceshesiod hesiodos iş adalet ahlak prometheus beş ırk |
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