Thursday, January 5, 2012

on oedipus, responsibility and power




"...the hand which stabbed out my eyes was mine alone. In my wretched life, why should I have eyes when nothing I could see would bring me joy? What is there for me to see, my friends? What can I love? Whose greeting can I hear and feel delight? Hurry now, my friends, lead me away - take me somewhere, a man completely lost, utterly accursed, the mortal man the gods despise the most."

"But, he said to himself, whether they knew or didn’t know is not the main issue; the main issue is whether a man is innocent because he didn’t know.  Is a fool on the throne relieved of all responsibility merely because he is a fool?" 

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