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Absolute loyalty to one-self is admirable to a certain degree, & this is why studying Sophocles is so rewarding -- but it is incompatible with social & political life as such. This is not to say that Sophocles moralizes or seeks to condemn, but he gives homage to the hero cult.
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@br0tos maybe not the aggression to everything, but loyality to oneself is very powerful
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@glucosevirility It is very romantic of course, but not a model one can live by.
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Sophocles experiments with the nature of consistency itself. Actors wear masks, and change from play to play. The hero, by contrast, is unchangeable, and Sophocles is exploring what it would mean to be so completely yourself that nothing else matters. The one role becomes fate.
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The Sophoclean hero disdains both life and death -- for what matters ultimately is his own nature, and the loyalty to his conception of himself. All action must confirm it, and prevail over any other obstacles or considerations, through existential intensity.
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The Sophoclean hero is ultimately only grounded within himself, against the city, against the gods, against his family. The titanic individual is birthed by the city, or by his people, and ultimately cannot be constrained, and proves to be destructive. And yet we speak of him.
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My ignorance of very basic things is shameful. I am constantly amazed at how little I know about the world.
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@amantdelucy Id always ask to borrow their pens and never give them back
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I'd find girls taking cutesy notes in class inoffensive and even entertaining if not for the fact that it represents one of my least favorite things about modern society: the feminine tendency to overcomplicate and give undue importance to things that should be merely accessory.
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Barron Trump appears to be launching a yerba mate brand called Sollos with a couple of his West Palm Beach friends. thecut.com/article/would-…
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