The One Thing Worse than Politics

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Ah, the state of nature: a peaceful utopia where each man is free to live off his own vineyards, sit under his own fig tree, and eat people alive. Wait--what?? In Book 9 of the Odyssey, Homer gives us a diabolical bait-and-switch, from the pure serenity of primitive life to the gruesome horrors of a world without law. It's the perfect antidote to the wishful thinking that might set in around election time, when all we want is to get away from politics: if you can believe it, the alternatives might be even worse!
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4 окт 2024

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@LeoxandarMagnus 2 дня назад

You’re really helping me rethink a lot of these themes that got glossed over in my own readings in high school and even in my college world lit class. Will definitely be meditating on the books in a different light when I reread the Odyssey.

@triplea657aaa 3 дня назад

A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit. I think if we considered this more often that we could become such a society again.

@tglinsley 2 дня назад

When Odysseus called out his real name after blinding Polyphemus it seems to me that he was claiming the ‘glory and fame’ klyos(?) of his act. One of the themes of the Odyssey, it seems to me, is that the era of striving for deathless fame has ended and this is an act of hubris. Hubris whose consequences will plague Odysseus for the next ten years. 5:55

@triplea657aaa 3 дня назад

It would be really convenient if we could get a playlist of the Odyssey content to more easily share with friends. It's kind of hard to just point them at the channel and say have fun 😅

@tglinsley 3 дня назад

Two books you might look at by Jonathan Shay. Achilles in Viet Nam and Odysseus in America. Deals with ptsd in the epic context. What were told, what we thought, what we expected versus what we did, what we experienced, and what happened back home.

@americanbard1721 3 дня назад

I want one on the Volsung Saga.

@robertmueller2023 3 дня назад

I rely on animal signs the most. Today's sign: my house is literally surrounded by does and fawns. Circling the place nearly. Hmm. Family planners?

@leiverikson1517 11 часов назад

Hey ! Great video 🐱

@robertmueller2023 2 дня назад

Why does prayer work? I think about that a lot. Consciously delimiting and elucidating one's desires? I think that it might be related to the what they call the collapse of the quantum wave function.