Athena in philosophy
In Plato's dialogue Protagoras describes composed myth according to which Prometheus stole fire from not only the Vulcan, but the art and Athens, and gave them to man. Proclus interprets this myth, pointing out that Athena illuminates the souls ability to learn and think.
One of his ethical works of Democritus called "Tritogeniya. According to him, Athena, as thinking is Tritogeniey, for "born of thinking three abilities: make the right decisions, to speak correctly and to act as it should."
Antisthenes wrote a book called "Athena, or about Telemachus. Metrodorus of Lampsacus saw Athens as an allegory of art (techno).
According to the Stoic doctrine, God calls and Athens, as his lead stretches to the beginning of the airwaves. Stoic Diogenes of Babylon wrote an essay "On Athena, which attributed its birth to the field of natural science. Stoics called Moon Artemis, Athene and other names of female deities.
Granite Flaccus attributed to the identification of Athens with the Moon Aristotle.
The Christian apologist Justin mentions some kind of concept that Athena - a daughter, or the first idea (protennoya) of Zeus.
Plotinus Athena rarely remembers: "If anyone can turn to her or himself, or in a good hour slave Athena, he sees God, and himself, and the universe ...". Porfiry understands Athena as a symbol of intelligence and thinks that it is medical art.
For Platonists Sallust, Athena - guarding God in a triad with Gest and Ares, because she had heavy armor, but Athena is in the ether.
Julian in his speech "the Sun King," discusses the Athena Pronoye (Providitse), indicating that she "emanated from Helios - a whole from the whole, continuing to stay in it", she - a perfect idea of Helios, she kosmiziruet matter which lies below its , also gives people the benefits of wisdom, intelligence and demiurgic Arts, and its wisdom - the basis of political communication. Selena - a demiurge of near and accepted the Quirin, when he was sent down to Earth Athena - Mistress Providence.
Proclus says a lot about Athens in the "Comments to" Timeyu ": it is" clean "," unconfounded "," wisdom "," bearer of light "," savior "that implements a partial mind in a holistic wisdom of Zeus," the employee "in demiurgic activities father, creative "beautiful cases", winner of the "intelligent beauty", "vertex and unity" demiurgic wisdom.
In "Plato's theology," Proclus considers three of Athens (from the clever of the gods, the leadership of the gods and the gods free):
Athena I (VII of the book "Laws" of Plato) is headed by a triad Kuretem - satellite smart monad Athens, which corresponds to vsesovershenstvo and cleanliness.
Athena II (from Plato's "Timaeus" and "Cratylus") is the third member of the viviparous triad (along with Artemis and Persephone I II) and called Athena cow, that is divine and pure intelligence, viviparous monad; wisdom - the symbol of Athens and the highest virtue .
Athena III is the second member (along with Gest and Ares I) in strazhnicheskuyu and unwavering triad of gods free of the twelve mentioned in the Phaedrus.