PHIL 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Greek Mythology, Essentialism, Birds Eye View
11 Jan 2013
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Contrasting our lives with a meaningless existence. Sisyphus, a human being, was in the underworld = underground. Sisyphus managed to escape to the human world. Meaning of symbolizes of this meaning, a myth = a lot of people believe them, a lot of people do not believe them (considered the smart people) We want to see the meaning/purpose of a myth. Convey values, lessons, ideals and to look up to people. Taylor suggest symbolizes man"s eternal struggle and unquenchable spirit, his determination always try once more in face of overwhelming discouragement (pg 135) Another meaning, death isn"t escapable, sisyphus tried to escape but got caught. Even if there is a life after death, it is better to live life now, since the afterlife isn"t that great. Ancient greek mythology, when you go against the gods bad things happen to you (said by priest and priestess) Myths function to keep power of priest and priestess.
