11-13-2007, 08:09 PM | #81 |
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I don't put much stock in the quote attributed to HBL, because I don't think it matters much.
It tries to add the patina of self-made tragedy to him, but in my mind HBL was only one small cog in a huge wheel. |
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I guess it may depend on how you define race. For example, maybe the Court would distinguish between profiling blacks and profiling Arab Muslims. I'm not aware of a case where such a disiction has been upheld; maybe it has, maybe it's yet to be decided. But obviously any such distinction wouldn't be strictly based on race in any event.
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Oedipus was an example of what NOT to do. His (unwitting) actions caused a dire plague in Thebes. And SU said Greek philosophy - not myth. You should read some; you might learn something.
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Your comment was unclear. Are you admonishing me to read philosophy or myth? By the way, if Oedipus was an example of what not to do, did we really need a lesson about unwittingly committing incest and killing your father? or was it more to warn of the dangers of gouging ones eyeballs?
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Since you asked, the Greeks looked at Oedipus with a horrified fascination of the power of Fate. Although he was big, strong, and an able and noble ruler, he was ultimately unable to escape the destiny that Fate had laid out for him. Our accomplishments are ultimately unable to shield us from superhuman forces; indeed, even the gods are bound by Fate. As for the most famous incarnation of the Oedipus myth, Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus, its date (429) is just as important as its content. Athens was itself suffering from the effects of a horrific plague. Overcrowded and stifling from the influx of Peloponnesian War refugees, Sophocles' play examines the misfortune that might befall a city if it is ruled by an impure or polluted leader. Pericles, Athens' "first citizen," belonged to the prominent Alcmaeonid family - a family cursed for sacrilegiously murdering suppliants after an attempted coup ca. 632 BCE.
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What's next, mom jokes?
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Are there any other philosophies that you can summarize regarding other equally self-evident truths?
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