On the Destructive Role of „mneme” in „ Anonymus Iamblichi”

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https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-0319.28.20

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mneme – pamięć, Anonim Jamblicha, odwaga cywilna (arete)

Abstrakt

The article focuses on a passage from the so-called Anonymus Iamblichi (Diels, Kranz 1956: 404) in which the noun μνήμη (“memory”) appears. Contextual philological analysis allows the Author to establish the full semantic scope of mneme and to determine the role it plays in the passage (fragment 7, 25-40) which concerns the lack of respect for the law (lawlessness) and its consequences. Mneme – “the power of remembering” – contributes significantly to the moral downfall of man, which results from the submission to evil. Its evokes mental images (as forms of expression of mneme, most often representing misfortunes), which effectively destroy the psyche and arete – citizen’s virtue; thus leading one to abandoning ethical norms and, consequently, to moral self-destruction. Therefore, mneme has a very negative impact. Although it is undoubtedly an efficient “memory”, it is used for the mental degeneration of an individual, which consequently leads to the destruction of the civic community (polis).

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Krzysztof Narecki - Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II

Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Narecki (the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin) – head of the Department of Greek Studies at the Institute of Literary Studies, editor-in-chief of vol. 9 (“Sinology”) of “Annals of Arts”, member of the Learned Society of KUL and the Lublin Scientific Society. His interests include: Greek philosophical literature, especially terminology (Słownik terminów Arystotelesowych). He is the author of several books (Logos we wczesnej myśli greckiej, Centony Homeryckie, Mneme w epoce przedsokratyków) and many articles devoted to the Presocratics (among others Heraclitus of Ephesus, Parmenides, Empedocles, Democritus).

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2025-10-30

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Narecki, K. (2025). On the Destructive Role of „mneme” in „ Anonymus Iamblichi”. Collectanea Philologica, (28), 295–304. https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-0319.28.20

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Nr 28 (2025): Chrestomatia antyczna. In memoriam Joannae Rybowska

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