The Idea of Olympism, Philosophical Concept about the World

Abstract

The idea of Olympism correlated with the idea of sport, has now a global character, which, according to the analysed conditions, is very important. The insufficient general and theoretical elaboration of the Olympism concept acts as a factor that reduces the results of the work to spread the Olympic knowledge. Sport is, in essence, not only an honest athletic competition, it is equally and an athletic competition of honesty. Despite doping and other aspects of the sport, it is still perceived, to a considerable extent, the same, even if the overall situation is now alarming. The winner of today is not simply the best athlete, he is the one designated in the most honest and objective way. Today, the sport is called, as in ancient Greece, to bring a balance to philia and eris - love and hate, which pierces the whole Greek culture and, largely, the contemporary Western one - a competitive culture, agonistic.