PHL244H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Epicurus, Incorporeality, Empirical Evidence
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Pre-lecture quiz: epicurus: what does epicurus think that the soul is, a first actuality, a second actuality, a form, fine parts, incorporeal they have nothing to support this. Believes soul survives death, soul is over and above body, things exist other than the material universe. There are different types of souls rational souls can survive death of body: type of soul that is immortal. Community (fam/state) are formed by nature and not by necessity (political communities) Urged memorization of his principles reemerged recently. Democritean tradition rehashing this tradition: reality is fundamentally atoms and void. We are aggregate of atoms, the soul is an aggregate of atoms. Epicurus thought that the disciples could learn about the world /themselves from memorizing all his principles then they will be happy. Made of atoms, like everything else: subtler atom similar with soul (soul atoms are finer than body items)
