what if Homer's Iliad and Odyssey had been writtten not thousands of years ago, but in this day and age? Disregarding that literature would be very different because of it, and assuming they were written as exactly the same pieces, how would we react? How would we react according to Hume's logic?
I feel Homer's work would have had the same fate as it has, it would be destined for a good future but only to those who come after us. People today would be biased against it, probably, as it is a very drawn out piece if literature in comparison to more modern works. However, the message it gives and the classic nature of the story will keep it alive in the future when the look on it as a work of the past will put less a heavy bias on it against the modern standard.
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