The open society and your greek provenience, according to Popper’s perspective

Abstract

According to the vision of Karl Popper (1902-1994), when the new faith that gave support to humanitarianism began to establish itself in Greece, the tension of civilization emerged. This reaction was accompanied by such factors as the appeal to tradition, the defense of old virtues and the old religion. Unfolding the Popperian view, we show how this context influenced the interpretation of Athenian imperialist politics by the historian Thucydides. Taken as an official, the Tucididean interpretation carries the marks of the contrary reaction to the movement that broke with tribalism and established the Open Society; whose mark is on the inauguration of a new tradition; where magical faith dissolves and gives way to challenging theories and myths and discussing them critically. In addition, one sees the openness to liberty as a dimension of the accessible. Thus, starting from Rémi Brague’s analysis of Pericles’ Funeral Oration, we discuss the need for courage for liberty. Given that we live in a contingent ontological dimension, we also show how the importance of a good deliberation of the course of actions is important for the citizens immersed in the field of personal responsibility considering the Aristotelian notion of moral virtue.