RELIGST 2HH3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Second Epistle To The Thessalonians, Epistle To The Colossians, First Epistle To Timothy

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2HH3
• Professor: Stephen Westerholm

Document Summary

Oct 25th and nov 29th in t13 room 127 during tutorial time slot. Metaphors they are not true but we are still not lying. W(cid:396)iti(cid:374)g (cid:862)dea(cid:396)(cid:863) o(cid:396) (cid:862)you(cid:396)s si(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:396)el(cid:455)(cid:863) i(cid:374) lette(cid:396)s, the(cid:455) a(cid:396)e (cid:374)ot t(cid:396)ue (cid:271)ut the(cid:455) a(cid:396)e just conventional uses of language that would be impolite if not used. The conventions we use currently may not be normal in another generation, culture, age, etc. This is similar to acts as a history book, because there are different conventions in. Big convention in ancient world people wrote letters and signed them off in names that were not their own. Ex: plato"s dialogues (cid:449)e(cid:396)e a(cid:271)out o(cid:272)(cid:396)ates, i(cid:374) his ea(cid:396)l(cid:455) dialogues the(cid:455) (cid:449)e(cid:396)e (cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455) (cid:272)lose to. O(cid:272)(cid:396)ates" spee(cid:272)h, (cid:271)ut late(cid:396) o(cid:374) he de(cid:448)iates f(cid:396)o(cid:373) o(cid:272)(cid:396)ates (cid:271)ut still speaks as if he is. Many people wrote letters in the name of plato but were not him. There is aristotle and pseudo-aristotle (writing in the name of aristotle)