Features of the statement of truth in ancient times: oracles, sages, philosophers
https://doi.org/10.26907/2079-5912.2023.3.58-61
Abstract
The oracles’ divinations and the sages’ speeches as the archaic forms of the truth statements presented in the texts by Herodotus and Diogenes Laertius are considered in the article. The main features of these forms of the truth statements are revealed in terms of the specific status of the speaker (the oracle or the sage) and the circumstances of the statement formation, as well as their perception by those people for whom the statement was told. During the comparative analysis, a conclusion about the transitional character of the sage’s truth statement was made. Like the oracle the sage makes the ambiguous and indefinite statements, he lets the listener to interpret his speech. Like a philosopher the sage wants to be helpful and has to rely on different forms of justification in order to make his speech to be heard
About the Author
K. V. KondratievRussian Federation
Kondratiev Konstantin Vladimirovich, PhD in Philosophy, Associate Professor, Institute of Social and Philosophical Sciences and Mass Communications, Department of General Philosophy
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Review
For citations:
Kondratiev K.V. Features of the statement of truth in ancient times: oracles, sages, philosophers. The Kazan Socially-Humanitarian Bulletin. 2023;(3 (60)):58-61. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2079-5912.2023.3.58-61