Homer Lost in Timespace

[LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU]

Andrew Walser comments:
"What if we considered the whole thing a version of the allegory of the
cave in Plato's REPUBLIC?  Homer the philosopher ascends from the
dimness of two-dimensionality to discover new objects of love . . .
 
Instead of eternal truths, of course, he finds angel-food breasts and
pudendal brownies -- but who wants to turn a Simpson into a Socrates?"
 
The whole thing is summed up in Homer's immortal phrase:
"Mmmmm.  Erotic cakes!"

But actually, we'd be advised to recall Homer's regret at being in warp of
spacetime locus: "If only I'd read that book by that wheelchair guy!"
 
 
Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)