@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024}, author = {Ancient Philosophy}, subject = {Nomos}, note = {Gaus I 304 Nomos/Ancient philosophy/Keyt/Miller: Nomos stands to physis as the artificial, the manmade, stands to the real, and as common opinion stands to truth (Aristotle, Sophistici Elenchi 12.173a7—18). >Physis/Ancient philosophy. Convention: Two stock examples of the conventional are money (Aristotle, Pol. I.9.1257bl0-17) and the names of things - one's own name, for example (Plato, Crat. 384d). The idea that nomos and physis are antithetical seems to have originated in the fifth century BC. Once it gained currency it set the terms for the discussion of ethical and political ideas. A favourite way of undermining the validity of something was to argue that it existed only by nomos and not by physis (Plato, Laws X.889e—890a). Gaus I 306 Literature: Thus, when Antigone in Sophocles' play invokes the eternal unwritten law calling upon her to bury her brother in the face of the law of Creon demanding that her brother remain unburied, her appeal to the eternal law (Sophocles, Antigone 456-8) is taken by Aristotle to be an appeal to nature in spite of the fact that her speech does not mention physis (Rhet. I.13.1373b1-18, 1.15.1375a25-b4). (There is a large literature on this distinction. One of the major works on the nomos-physis distinction is Heinimann 1945(1). On the evolution of ancient legal thought from earliest times see Miller, 2004(2).) 1. Heinimann, Felix (1945) Nomos und Physis: Herkunft und Bedeutung einer Antithese im Griechischen Denken Des 5 Jahrhunderts. Basel: Reinhardt. 2. Miller, Fred D., (ed.) (2004) A History ofthe Philosophy of Law _fmm the Ancient Cheeks to the Scholastics. Dordrecht: Kluwer. Keyt, David and Miller, Fred D. jr. 2004. „Ancient Greek Political Thought“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications - - - Taureck I 32 Nomos/Ancient Philosophy/Anonymus Iamblichi/Taureck: Question: Can a man with a "soul strength of diamond" live against the law? Such a "superman" could not survive, unless he provided his forces for the promotion of justice and law.}, note = { Gaus I Gerald F. Gaus Chandran Kukathas Handbook of Political Theory London 2004 Taureck I B. H.F. Taureck Die Sophisten Hamburg 1995 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=867243} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=867243} }