Morte, alma, corpo e homem na poesia homerica / Death, soul, body and man in Homeric poetry

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

The human body (sôma) in Homer is not exactly a ?body? in the sense Plato or our modern texts give to this word; we know it means ?corpse? rather than ?body?. In the same way, Homer?s soul (psykhé) is not exactly a ?breath of life? as some specialists have affirmed, but it must be considered in relation to death, like a spectral replica of the dead man, and so a weak imitation of life (not properly a principle of life). It is not a part of the human being like thymós, nóos, phrénes, etc, but an entire copy of him. The object of this work is to disprove Snell?s opinion that the Homeric soul has no unity. Although Snell affirmed the soul as unity of human consciousness (on which depends any kind of responsible act) appeared at the time of Philosophic practices, it is easier to believe the philosopher?s analytic method has conducted to a more fragmentary vision of the human being and his consciousness. The notable absence of words for ?body?, stricto sensu, and the analog excess of words for ?soul? (with a variety of tenuous differences of sense) do not imply that there was no unity for such notions in the Greek epic. We can assume they were comprehended in the simple notion of ?man? (ánthropos), which unified them. The actual object of the epic genre is the great and unbelievable warriors of the past and, of course, all were men. Achilles was nothing but this: a man aware of his mortal destiny (Moîra), responsible for his acts and thus a hero

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corpo soul man homem alma death body morte homer criticism and interpretation

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