Acheloios, Thales, and the origin of philosophy a response to the neo-Marxians
"Acheloios, Thales, and the Origin of Philosophy: A Response to the Neo-Marxians fundamentally changes our understanding of a pivotal moment in the history of mankind--the origin of the philosophical experience in 6th century Ionia. Through a careful analysis of the archaeological record, a clo...
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| 520 | 3 | |a "Acheloios, Thales, and the Origin of Philosophy: A Response to the Neo-Marxians fundamentally changes our understanding of a pivotal moment in the history of mankind--the origin of the philosophical experience in 6th century Ionia. Through a careful analysis of the archaeological record, a close reading of hundreds of ancient sources, and a deep investigation into the various languages of our past, Nicholas Molinari demonstrates the importance of the influence of the cult of Acheloios on Thales; provides a critique of the Neo-Marxian prioritization of coined money and conflation of metaphysical cosmology and philosophy; and, most importantly, reintegrates beauty and love as philosophy's ultimate source"-- Back cover | |
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| adam_text | Contents List of Figures................................................................................................................................... v Acknowledgements........................................................................................................................ ix Abstract........................................................................................................................................... xi Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 1 Part I: Concerning the Neo-Marxian School Chapter 1: Marx to Sohn-Rethel: Dialectical Materialist Approaches to the Origin of Philosophy 12 Karl Marx.................................................................................................................................... 12 Use-Value, Exchange-Value, and the Critique of Aristotle.................................................. 12 Dialectical/Historical Materialism....................................................................................... 15 George Thomson........................................................................................................................ 17 Alfred Sohn-Rethel.................................................................................................................... 19 Conclusion.................................................................................................................................. 21 Chapter 2: Richard Seaford’s
Contribution................................................................................. 23 Basic Presuppositions................................................................................................................ 24 The Мопеу-’Апегроѵ Comparison..............................................................................................25 The Individual Subject...............................................................................................................32 Problems with Seaford’s Account..............................................................................................34 Part II: Concerning Thales and Acheloios Chapter 3: Thales’ Principle: A Provisional Assessment........................................................... 37 The ’Αρχή.................................................................................................................................... 38 Aristotle’s Phraseology and ’Αρχή as Constitutive Principle............................................... 38 Hippias.................................................................................................................................. 42 Twofold ’Αρχή?..................................................................................................................... 44 Gods and Souls............................................................................................................................44 Differentiation Between (Divine) Water and Soul.............................................................. 45
Conclusions................................................................................................................................ 47 Chapter 4: The Emergence of Acheloios and Major Elements of His Cult............................... 49 Literature................................................................................................................................... 52 Local Embodiments .................................................................................................................. 57 Conclusion.................................................................................................................................. 57 i
Part III: Concerning the Etymological and Archaeological Evidence Chapter 5: The Etymology of Υδωρ: Pure, Sacred Water................................................... 59 Ύδωρ in Homer............................................................................................... 60 Semitic roots......................................................................................................................... 63 Akkadian......................................................................................................................... 63 Sanskrit Correspodances...................................................................................................... 65 Conclusion............................................................................................................................ 66 Chapter 6: The Physical Evidence........................................................................................... 68 Thales’ Dates......................................................................................................................... 68 Miletos as Source of the Stater............................................................................................ 71 An Early Milesian Mint................................................................................................... 71 Contact Abroad and Its Significance to Acheloios Iconography................................... 71 Acheloios Artifacts......................................................................................................... 74 Section
Conclusion......................................................................................................... 81 The Stater’s Date................................................................................................................. 82 Relative Chronology....................................................................................................... 82 Ionian Revolt.................................................................................................................. 84 Style................................................................................................................................ 84 The Relative Significance of Acheloios on Archaic Milesian Electrum.......................... 88 Conclusion............................................................................................................................ 89 Part IV: Φιλόσοφός and Φιλόμυθος Chapter 7: Philosophy Ex Nihilért............................................................................................ 90 O’Gradys Position................................................................................................................ 91 Overview........................................................................................................................ 91 Conflating Religion and Myth.........................................................................................92 ‘All Things Are Full of Gods’........................................................................................... 93 Hittite and Near Eastern
Influence................................................................................ 94 Xenophanes and Heraclitus........................................................................................... 96 Pythagoras..................................................................................................................... 97 Anaximander.................................................................................................................. 97 Conclusions.................................................................................................................... 97 Toward Thales the Philomythos.......................................................................................... 98 Pre-Philosophic Thinkers............................................................................................... 98 Thales........................................................................................................................... 100 Chapter 8: The Mythological Wellspring............................................................................ 102 Okeānos.............................................................................................................................. 102 Apsu and Asallúhi.............................................................................................................. 105 Yahweh............................................................................................................................... 110
Nūn..................................................................................................................................... 119 Poseidon and Aphrodite..................................................................................................... 121 Dodona................................................................................................................................ 121 ii
Part V: Concerning the Thaletan-Acheloian Tradition Chapter 9: Thales and Acheloios........................................................................................... 123 Acheloios as Predecessor of Delineated Threefold ’Αρχή................................................. 123 The First from Which Things Come-to-Be.................................................................... 123 That Which Underlies and Governs All Things............................................................ 126 That to Which All Things Return.................................................................................. 133 The One and the Many....................................................................................................... 135 Concerning Acheloios as the Primary Source of Thales’ Notion of the One among the Many.............................................................................................................................. 135 Concerning Individual Δαίμονες in Thales................................................................... 136 Concluding remarks........................................................................................................... 140 Chapter 10: The Thaletan Tradition from Pythagoras to Empedokles............................ 141 Pythagoras.......................................................................................................................... 142 Hippo.................................................................................................................................. 148
Empedokles......................................................................................................................... 150 Conclusions......................................................................................................................... 155 Part VI: Purification of Body and Soul: Sophokles and Plato Chapter 11: Sophokles’ Trachiniae: The Interplay of Gods and Souls............................... 156 Acheloios in the Trachiniae................................................................................................ 156 Impiety toward Acheloios.............................................................................................157 Kypris and Eros............................................................................................................. 159 Dodona........................................................................................................................... 160 Lokris.............................................................................................................................161 Assimilation.................................................................................................................. 162 Herakles’ Wretched Purification...................................................................................163 Herakles’ ‘Death’........................................................................................................... 165 Numismatic and Archaeological Evidence......................................................................... 165 The Tarsos Bronzes and
Connection to Orphism......................................................... 165 Conclusion........................................................................................................................... 170 Chapter 12: Acheloios as the Horizon for an Understanding of Being............................ 171 Overview of the Dialogue.................................................................................................... 171 Allusions to Acheloios........................................................................................................ 172 Setting........................................................................................................................... 172 Concerning Abstraction from Acheloios...................................................................... 176 Concerning Assimilation with Acheloios and the Nymphs......................................... 178 Aquatic Language, Sirens, and Nymphs.......................................................................181 Concerning the Banquet of the Gods............................................................................ 183 Allusions to Thales.............................................................................................................. 184 Knowledge of the Self and Knowledge of the ’Αρχή..................................................... 185 All Things are Full of Gods............................................................................................ 187 Motion and the
Soul...................................................................................................... 189 Concerning Writing and Notoriety............................................................................... 190 Acheloios as the Horizon for an Understanding of Being.................................................. 194 iii
Conclusion The Sacrifice of Acheloios: A Response to the Neo-Marxians..............................................195 The Ultimate Concern............................................................................................................... 195 The Problem Situation.............................................................................................................. 196 The λόγος, μύθος, And έργον Of Acheloios............................................................................. 197 The λόγος of Acheloios........................................................................................................197 The μύθος of Acheloios........................................................................................................ 198 The εργον of Acheloios........................................................................................................ 200 From Dialectical Materialism Back to Being........................................................................... 203 Bibliography................................................................................................................................... 205 Ancient Authors......................................................................................................................... 222 General Index................................................................................................................................. 230 Index
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