HUM 1020 Final: Intro to Humanities – Final Review
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Homer suggest gods do not care about humans. Suggest gods are good and only punish the bad. Reason greatest part of the soul. Illustration of the education of the soul. We start with poetic education (shadows in the wall). Ion: rhapsodes are ignorant, divine inspiration only way they can speak beautifully, poets are ignorant. The republic: poets imitate appearances, poetry is just images reflected by words, poets do(cid:374)"t see u(cid:374)der(cid:374)eath the appeara(cid:374)(cid:272)e, poetry is deceptive due to appearance being deceptive, poetry nourishes emotions. Poets cannot teach: poets are ignorant, poetry is allowed to teach with many modifications. Both aristotle and plato say that poetry is a form of imitation. Emotions: pity, fear, poetry purges this emotions/ catharsis. Learning: we learn by recognizing something that we are already familiar with an imitation, you (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e de(cid:272)ei(cid:448)ed (cid:271)y the i(cid:373)age. Character: shows us the quality of a person.
