Antické inšpirácie pre hermeneutiku smrti (Ancient Inspirations for Hermeneutics of Death)

The author in this paper investigates ancient understanding of death. There are three interesting problems in ancient thinking. First one, that Greek word sema means a sign but a tombstone, too. It is related to problem of a human memory (a Greek anamnesis). Second one that death is primarily darken...

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Main Author: Anton Vydra
Format: Article
Language:ces
Published: Ostium 2006-03-01
Series:Ostium
Online Access:http://www.ostium.sk/index.php?mod=magazine&act=show&aid=233
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description The author in this paper investigates ancient understanding of death. There are three interesting problems in ancient thinking. First one, that Greek word sema means a sign but a tombstone, too. It is related to problem of a human memory (a Greek anamnesis). Second one that death is primarily darkening for ancient people. Thanatos – god of death – appears only as a fragment of goddess Night, his mother. Third one, that a fire (or light) is import for life of human being. But a fire has symbolical function and it is related to an eternity. There is a light nearby intelligence in ancient world. Desire of philosophers to immortality refers to desire to an eternal intellectual thinking.
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spelling doaj.art-6a5c43ef46d44bf3905209e6a712d1a92022-12-21T19:09:44ZcesOstiumOstium1336-65562006-03-0121Antické inšpirácie pre hermeneutiku smrti (Ancient Inspirations for Hermeneutics of Death)Anton VydraThe author in this paper investigates ancient understanding of death. There are three interesting problems in ancient thinking. First one, that Greek word sema means a sign but a tombstone, too. It is related to problem of a human memory (a Greek anamnesis). Second one that death is primarily darkening for ancient people. Thanatos – god of death – appears only as a fragment of goddess Night, his mother. Third one, that a fire (or light) is import for life of human being. But a fire has symbolical function and it is related to an eternity. There is a light nearby intelligence in ancient world. Desire of philosophers to immortality refers to desire to an eternal intellectual thinking.http://www.ostium.sk/index.php?mod=magazine&act=show&aid=233
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title Antické inšpirácie pre hermeneutiku smrti (Ancient Inspirations for Hermeneutics of Death)
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title_short Antické inšpirácie pre hermeneutiku smrti (Ancient Inspirations for Hermeneutics of Death)
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