Short thread on Greek perception of color. Nietzsche actually thought they were colorblind.https://twitter.com/nastyinmuhtaxi/status/995840132367507457 …
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Fascinating!! Question, to tie this into my favorite pet theory of consciousness: did these metaphors shift over time (e.g. the Iliad vs Aristotle) or were they constant?
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They shifted, but they are relatively stable when it comes to archaic lyrical poetry (Sappho, Pindar mostly). There are PhDs to be made on the subject of the difference in colors between prose & poetry writers... but I read and found Plato & Aristotle to use colors differently.
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Was there an obvious direction or trend of shift? Such as from more literal/visual properties to more interior ones?
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Mostly wondering if it was analogous to thishttps://twitter.com/simpolism/status/1010646501230596097?s=19 …
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simpolism @simpolismReplying to @turtlekiosk @tobyshorinok. See image. Jaynes claims Greek consciousness incl idea of self developed in stages 1 = others have body feels 2 = we ourselves have body feels 3 = our body feels have psychological meanings 4 = these meanings unify into an "internal" self "analogous" to our physical presence pic.twitter.com/bOLcivncZD1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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Homer thought the soul was in the center chest, not the brain... translations write "your black soul thought this up" where Homer writes "your black diaphragm".
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Yeah the "consciousness is in the head" bit wasn't about the ancient Greeks but about our current conceptualization.
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I'm reading your thread right now, just throwing comments here as they come to me, might actually just comment there for convenience
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