文档介绍：Nature as Craftsman in Greek Thought
Friedrich Solmsen
Journal of the History of Ideas, Vol. 24, No. 4. (Oct. - Dec., 1963), pp. 473-496.
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Mon May 7 15:09:35 2007
NATURE AS CRAFTSMAN IN GREEK THOUGHT
The early Greek cosmogonies know nothing of a god who "created
Heaven and Earth" or who "separated light from darkness." In
Hesiod's epic on the origin of the gods, the Theogo~zy,Earth, Heaven,
Light, and Darkness are among the first entities e into being
but they are not in any way fashioned or created. In the Theogony to
"come into being'' (gignesthai) means to be born, and this meaning
holds good even for many or most of the physical parts of the Cosmos.
The Ocean, the rivers and wells, the Sun, the moon, and the stars
spring from a union or "marriage" between a male and a female
deity,l not differing in this respect from other gods and goddesses,
such as Kronos, Rhea, Zeus, Hera, and their respective