Early Greek Philosophy and Traditional Religious Beliefs
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https://doi.org/10.47850/RL.2022.3.3.19-33Keywords:
Thales, Pythagoras, Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Olympian gods, mythology, anthropomorphism, arche, polis.Abstract
The article discusses the factors that influenced the formation of criticism of traditional religious beliefs in early Greek philosophy. It is established that the first factor is the internal development of Greek philosophy associated with the solution of the problem of the arche. In the philosophy of Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Pythagoras, Parmenides, Melissus, Empedocles, there has been a departure from religious beliefs. Xenophanes and Heraclitus have already criticized mythology, anthropomorphism, and mantic in full force. Hippo and Anaxagoras were accused of godlessness. The second factor is the socio–political instability in Greece of the VI–V centuries BC. This circumstance contributed to the strengthening of distrust among Greek philosophers towards socio-political, moral and religious institutions.
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