Sentences Facing Chaos: The Seven Sages’ Expression as
A Paradigm of Sensibleness

(Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru)

Abstract: This text is about how the words of the Greek Sages of the 6th century BC, known as the Seven Sages, brought sanity to a chaotic and confused environment. It is precisely this primordial chaos that will be discussed at the beginning, for without their presence, both cosmogonic and political clarity could not have been achieved. We will then look at the profile of the Seven Sages, why there are seven of them and how they have been portrayed in antiquity. The concord between them and the anecdotes that have survived to the present day will show us why it is not just mere words that gave them authority, but above all their way of being. Finally, we dwell on the sentences, their message of sensibleness and the primary concern for friendship (φίλος) and the rejection of evil (κακός). Thus, we close the circle to the Greek sages, their sentences, and the order which confronts chaos. 

Key words: sentences, chaos, Seven Sages, Greeks, sensibleness