"Olympia Festival Speech"

Japanese: 《オリュンピア大祭演説》 - おりゅんぴあたいさいえんぜつ
"Olympia Festival Speech"

…He had the idea that even if one does not have Greek blood, if one shares Greek culture, one is Greek, which was already a prediction of the Hellenistic era. From this perspective, he hoped that the Greek cities would reconcile and cooperate to defeat their common enemy, Persia. In his Olympian Speech (380 BC), he entrusted the initiative to Athens, but it was not fulfilled. His wish was achieved by Philip II of Macedonia (Philip, 346 BC) and his son Alexander the Great. He was about 10 years older than the philosopher Plato and had frequent contact with Socrates, but unlike Plato, who pursued the world of abstract ideas, he preached that philosophy is the cultivation of practical knowledge. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Olympia Speech" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…彼は,〈ギリシア人の血をひいていなくてもその文化をわかちあう人はギリシア人である〉というすでにヘレニズム時代を予見した考えをもっており,その見地から,ギリシアの諸ポリスが和解協力して共通の敵ペルシアを討つことを願っていた。《オリュンピア大祭演説》(前380)においてその主導権をアテナイに託したが果たされず,彼の念願は,マケドニア王フィリッポス2世(《フィリッポス》前346)とその息子アレクサンドロス大王によって達成されることになる。彼は哲学者プラトンより10歳ほど年長でソクラテスのもとへも出入りしたが,抽象的なイデアの世界を追求したプラトンとは異なり,実践的な知の涵養こそがフィロソフィアであると説いた。…

※「《オリュンピア大祭演説》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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