Would it be oxymoronic for there to be a deity of logic?
2007-03-13 10:47:04 · 8 answers · asked by Thx 4 All The Fish 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Athena was the Goddess of logic, and it could be claimed philosophy.
2007-03-13 10:52:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There was no god or goddess of philosophy. Athena (Minerva) was the goddess of wisdom, but wisdom and philosophy are not the same thing: Odysseus was wise, but he was no philosopher. The reason there was no god of philosophy was that philosophy didn't arise until the 5th century BC, long after the time that deities had been assigned by tradition to the various occupations, natural phenomena, etc. The first great philosopher was Socrates, and Socrates's last words were "I owe a rooster to Asclepius," because Asclepius was the Greek god of medicine and healing, and Socrates thought that death healed him because it freed the soul from the confines of the body; he also thought that the purpose of philosophy was to prepare one for death; hence, Asclepius would be a better candidate for the god of philosophy than Athena, if there were one. Like Socrates, his student Plato was a monotheist, thinking it absurd for there to be a plurality of gods in conflict with one another when the good is singular and unique. Plato identified the one god as Zeus, the king of the gods, and so Zeus would also be a fitting candidate. But there was no god of philosophy. As to your other question, is it a contradiction for there to be a god of logic: nobody knows how we understand logic, so if anything is a gift of the gods, logic could be. Nietzsche identified the logical spirit with Apollo, in contrast to the illogical spirit of Dionysos; see The Birth of Tragedy for this account. He may even identify Apollo as the god of logic, I can't recall.
2007-03-14 09:21:02 · answer #2 · answered by Jonathan C 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Greek goddess of wisdom is called Pallas Athena (daughter of Zeus). The Roman equivalent is Minerva. Apollo is the Greek/Roman god of wisdom.
2007-03-13 17:54:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anpadh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pallas Athena, goddess of wisdom. What a character!
2007-03-13 17:57:24 · answer #4 · answered by Alex 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Athena is the goddess of Wisdom and War, does that suffice?
2007-03-13 17:52:33 · answer #5 · answered by Wolfgang92 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
boethius was the one to personify philosophy, and he was writing right before the middle ages. He wrote a whole dialog of a man in prison talking to Philosophy, who is a woman.
2007-03-13 17:52:37 · answer #6 · answered by sam_alot 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about Sophia? Btw, Aesir P--Have you checked out the Armanen Futhork yet? :))) definitely some wisdom there.
2007-03-13 17:52:54 · answer #7 · answered by drakke1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its Hera.
2007-03-13 17:55:42 · answer #8 · answered by Bevin M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋