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The memories of Eumaeus: a talk by James Warren

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We can remember past pleasures and pains and anticipate future ones. Often these recollections and anticipations are themselves pleasant or painful. Aristotle notes that we can even enjoy recalling a past pain, as the swineherd Eumaeus claims to do at Homer Odyssey 15.199-401. What is the best explanation of this? This event is a pre-book event.

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