PHI 170 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-25: Undeceived, Dalliance, Superfetation
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Apollonian- figure of how the universe works/everything is in its right place/visual art. Dionysian- sound/sonic/ guy stumbling out of club high . Attic tragedy- a metaphysical miracle of the hellenic will that coupled the apollonians and the dionysians. Dream and intoxication are the two physiological state that contrast similarly to the. These deities appeared to the souls of men through dreams. Dreams are the creation of which every man is a consummate artist- all shapes speak to us: illusion- glimmering awareness. Our own world is an allusion: when we see humans and objects as mere phantoms or dream images, we reach the mark of the philosophical capacity. Good dream- i want to go back to that dream (after waking up) Apollo- the deity of all plastic forces/soothsaying god/deity of light: teaches us that we still have to carry on- like the man caught up in the veil of. Maya in the world as will and representation.
