Sunday, January 8, 2012

I'm running out of titles here...

So I guess the article that I would have to find the most compelling would probably be by E. R. Dodds. I felt like that one caught most of my attention and made the most sense to me. I strongly believe that Oedipus uncovers the human illusion of happiness and the human thirst for wanting to solve every riddle, just like this dude mentions. I feel like all of the other articles make good points but I guess I sort of had some trouble seeing exactly where they were going but this one went straight to the point, which I liked. The most compelling point that he brings up is the one of how if every man could do what Oedipus did and uncover the truth, we all would be able to see human life as the gods and time sees it. I feel like that's pretty much right. That we are all just stuck in this illusion of life and most of us are too afraid to uncover it and see it for what it really is.

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