Open AccessO pragnieniu Prawdy. Propozycja Platona a kontekst przekazu biblijnego w świetle teorii mimetyczno-ofiarniczej René Girarda
Author(s) -
Agnieszka Gotchold
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
filozofia chrześcijańska
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2450-0399
pISSN - 1734-4530
DOI - 10.14746/fc.2019.16.6
Subject(s) - scapegoat , philosophy , theology , old testament , law , political science
The paper discusses the issue of the desire for truth in Plato’s Republic, Book VII, and the Old and New Testaments with regard to Girard’s theory of mimetic desire, the scapegoat mechanism and the founding murder. Both Plato and the Bible describe outstanding individuals – Anax, Moses and Jesus – who attain truth. This causes communal envy, leading to the outbreaks of mimetic violence. However, neither Plato nor the Old Testament allow the founding murder to happen. Consequently, they depict communities which deal with strict laws and suppressed violence. It is only in the New Testament that mimetic violence fi nds its outlet in the sacrifi cial killing of Jesus Christ.