Hesiod’s Idea of Justice
Keywords:
Hesiod, Myth of Races, Divine Justice, Natural Justice, Human JusticeAbstract
‘Theogony’ and ‘Works and Days’ were the poems of Hesiod. Both poems were probably composed at about 600 B.C. His poems represented the ideas and knowledge of Ancient Greece on genealogies, handbooks on divination, astronomy, ethics, farming almanac and myth of human races.
Hesiod used metaphor which he called ‘myth of races’ represented the idea of regressive decline of human races; beginning from gold, silver, bronze, hero and iron respectively. The cause of regressive decline occurred from human nature was prone to used force, violence and arms in solving problems. He portrayed in each race human forsake from virtues and justice. To solves community ‘s conflict and live a peaceful life. Hesiod also reflected the origin of ideas, knowledge and practice of justice in a form of Divine Justice, Natural and Human Justice. However, all these justice still in conflict and controversy with each others. Due to each party select and used the idea of justice to serves theirs own interests. The result in using justice to produced another injustice.
Both the myth of human races and justices had an impact and influenced on later Greece political philosophers. The political idea of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were inheritance from Hesiod. Justice and virtues still remain an indispensable knowledge for society and political regime if they desire to live a good, peaceful and happiness life
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