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Pastimes : Neocon's Seminar Thread
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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (1057)11/30/2004 9:02:59 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 1112
 
Plato's beef with Homer is more subtle than that. The point is that poets lie: it must be so, because gods worthy of the name could not act like the Homeric gods. Additionally, Homer represents a world where the pursuit of immortality through heroic deeds is central, and the obligation of the nobility to the commonwealth is almost unacknowledged, as if the state belongs to the king to support his quest for honor. This is inimical to justice and the rational pursuit of a good life, in Plato's view. Thus, it is a religious quarrel, if you will, over the true nature of man and of the gods.........
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