The poetical justice of Hesiod

Abstract

In this article, it is intended to address one of the first human conceptions of justice. The poet Hesiod (seventh century BC), considered one of the greatest educators of Greece, for display in his poem Works and days that justice is a quality that enhances the man, away from the animal condition and linking it to the deity. Human dignity, in this sense, derives from the freedom, of choice of good action and the repudiation of iniquity. The use of traditional myths of the poet has a pedagogical function: to urge men to seek your highest good, what separates them from the beasts and the approaches to the divine, giving them a unique essence in this world: the possession of justice. Key words: Hesiod; Human dignity; Justice.