- Idee di lavoro e di ozio per la nostra civiltà
- Edited by Giovanni Mari, Francesco Ammannati, Stefano Brogi, Tiziana Faitini, Arianna Fermani, Francesco Seghezzi, Annalisa Tonarelli
Il lavoro come aretè di Esiodo
- Giovanni Mari
- © 2024 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7.05
The Works and Days represent the first complete self-awareness of (manual) work in our culture. Since it is impossible to write a poem without interrupting the work activity it speaks of, the Works and Days are also the first case, perhaps the most illustrious in our history, of a literary leisure that tells, in a unit of manual work and intellectual work, the object of one's leisure. According to Hesiod's theology, work is a necessity caused by Zeus' decision to put an end to the golden age. Work is both prosperity and human excellence (aretè), a source of security and a right relationship with life, an activity that requires knowledge and effort, the ability to sustain "good" competition: but all this is unachievable without justice , which only the gods can guarantee, because only it allows us to work without theft of the fruits of labor taking place.
- Keywords:
- Hesiod,
- labor,
- leisure,
- excellence,
- justice,
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-6045-968X
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Chapter Information
Chapter Title
Il lavoro come aretè di Esiodo
Authors
Giovanni Mari
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7.05
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Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Book Title
Idee di lavoro e di ozio per la nostra civiltà
Editors
Giovanni Mari, Francesco Ammannati, Stefano Brogi, Tiziana Faitini, Arianna Fermani, Francesco Seghezzi, Annalisa Tonarelli
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
1894
Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7
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979-12-215-0245-9
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979-12-215-0319-7
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979-12-215-0320-3
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
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2704-5919