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It was discussed in relation to its influence on St. Augustine and the concept of hell, specifically a story of a man named Er who journeys through the underworld.
And a lot of this is informed by writers and not even like biblical scholars, like people like Plato.
— Episode: Hell! Hell! Hell!
Episode: Hell! Hell! Hell!
It was discussed in relation to its influence on St. Augustine and the concept of hell, specifically a story of a man named Er who journeys through the underworld.
And a lot of this is informed by writers and not even like biblical scholars, like people like Plato.
There's a story from Plato's Republic where a man named Er, E-R, goes into a coma, journeys through the underworld, and then wakes up and then tells everyone what happened down there.
And he directly influenced St. Augustine.
And Augustine definitely influenced some of these later guys like Drithelm and Tundale.
And their idea of hell, but Augustine was influenced by Plato.