Letter of Tansar
What is Middle Persian?
Rulers who have knowledge of the forms
Who are Philosopher kings?
The pair who first faced divine justice from God
Who are Adam and Eve?
The chief god of the sky
Who is Anu?
Similar to the advising role that the priest plays in the Letter of Tansar, this character in Gilgamesh advises Gilgamesh with a friendlier vibe
Who is Enkidu?
Name of King in The Letter of Tansar
Who is Ardashir I?
Justice in Kallipolis centers around this central principle
What is specialization?
The language Genesis was originally written in
What is Biblical Hebrew?
The language and medium Gilgamesh was originally written on
What are cuneiform (ancient Sumerian) and clay tablets?
Out of these four texts, this was written most recently
What is The Letter of Tansar?
The four social groups that make up the quadrapartite structure
What is Ruling class, Military class, tax collectors, and farmers (agrarian society)?
Reason, spirit, and appetite make up this concept of the internal justice
What is the Tripartite Soul?
This act of justice was an attempt to purify the earth
What is the Flood?
Ishtar asks for this in a plot for revenge against Gilgamesh, representing retributive justice in the story
What is the bull of heaven?
In both Kallipolis and the Letter of Tansar this characteristic is required of the top class of rulers
What is Wisdom?
Another name for Divine light
What is Farr?
What is Eudaemonia?
The social structure in Genesis could be described as not quadrapartite or tripartite but...
This character, who represents divine justice and morality, was chosen by the gods to survive the flood (much like Noah)
Who is Uta Napishti?
The gods give Utanapishti immortality as a reward for preserving life. Noah is given this covenant as a reward that God will never destroy the earth again with a flood
What is a rainbow?
The four modes of upholding society
What are instilling fear, political propaganda, randomized punishments, and spying?
This character often argues that justice is praised for its reputation, not its intrinsic value
Who is Adeimantus?
Compared to the Epic of Gilgamesh where the gods bring about the deluge because of the noise, God, in Genesis is motivated because of this principle
What is human wickedness?
This law which governs all humans, Gilgamesh comes to understand at the end of the story
What is Cosmic Justice or Mortality?
An idea or quality similar to the "form of the good" in Kallipolis, that is emphasized at the very beginning of Gilgamesh
What is the deep?