PHI 1104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Asceticism, Sophist, Tiresias
23 Jan 2017
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Phi1104 lecture 5 decisions on what kind of afterlife you will have. Homeric tradition had a concept of the afterlife: even though the body dies, the soul is separate principle or thing, as the body dies the soul lives on and is transposed to the land of the dead (underworld) Underworld is ruled by a powerful god, the brother of zeus he makes. The homeric tradition had a pessimistic view this life is the best life, it is all gets = bad tartarus/good elysium. Everybody leaves a vague unsubstantial existence, so this life is as good as it downhill no matter what place you end up in. Hades: god of the underworld and brother of zeus. The wicked go to tartarus for punishment. In the underworld, the souls lead a vague, insubstantial life. This is about odyssey and his main virtue is his cleverness, after the trojan.
