Political Philosophy Reading Of Homer's Odysseus For The Masters Degree In Foreign Philosophy

It is believed that Homer is the source of Western Epic, which represents the spirit of the order on the later Western civilization. In order to understand the source, we choose Odysseus as the research object. Because Odysseus is an important figure in Homer's epic,and from our point of view of political philosophy,Odysseus and Socrates have some similarities. Socrates and Odysseus to some extent are just characters works, they had not works are popular in the world, Socrates Hussein Plato dialogues spread in the world,Odysseus by Homer and for the people of the world know. Which is more real, the problem is the first hanging up,in-depth text to find its ideological significance. If Strauss off said Socrates created a classical political philosophy,then the again and again by the love of Odysseus represented, while not assertion as a kind of political philosophy, but he will represent a special kind of political life. In this paper, by Odysseus before the battle, battle and return in the interpretation of the image of that Odysseus's choice and survival state has a very deep political and philosophical significance.We believe that Odysseus on constitutional have their own views: first he denied polyarchy, that only one person can be called the monarch; secondly,the sovereign's sceptre and privilege is received by Zeus; thirdly, the monarch should have a very strong strength. Moreover,he thinks the ideal kingdom must have the following elements,one is the fear of God, and enforcement is fair, and the third is the land production, species are bred, which three elements to the city prosperity peace. Odysseus mortal image always has the shadow of Hermes and Athena II god Hermes is the image of the shepherd, and Athena is the symbol of wisdom, the shepherd and the wisdom combined exactly is later given the connotation of the philosopher king, so it can be concluded that Odysseus is the earliest political philosophers in the image. And the political philosopher of the image of the build process was accompanied by war, we see is more tragic cost, later in the west of the previous colonial wars and wars of religion did not seem to have draw lessons from.