Our discussion today about Plato's idea of a soul having a memory that can be evoked to bring the person back to that divine place. Mrs. Quinet proposed the question "is he going home?"
When she said this, I thought of the song Home Again by the Disco Biscuits. The only lyrics are "Never had home like this and the prophets said 'be careful what you wish'. Never had to think twice, always knew my home was in paradise."
I think this song is similar to Plato's idea of the soul. Although I doubt this song wasn't written to emulate Plato's ideas, do you guys think the lyrics relate to the soul?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-AlmDtJHuE
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Chrissy, thats really cool you found a song that relates to Plato's idea of the soul "going home." I totally understand the connection with the idea to the lyrics. Disco Biscuits's lyrics makes sense with plato's idea because, like the lyrics say, there is a new different home that you would never expect and you would have never realized your soul could end up in a "paradise" the place of god.
Chrissy, thats really cool you found a song that relates to Plato's idea of the soul "going home." I totally understand the connection with the idea to the lyrics. Disco Biscuits's lyrics makes sense with plato's idea because, like the lyrics say, there is a new different home that you would never expect and you would have never realized your soul could end up in a "paradise" the place of god.
I agree that the lyrics match up with the soul. The soul, according to plato, journeys back to a new "home" or a paradise once you've become close to divinity.
I think the lyrics are definitely related to the soul. The phrase "home in paradise" seems to reference some kind of afterlife. This is the only reference to the soul I can find.
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