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One long struggle in the dark.
As much as I like everything I’ve read *about* Lucretius, I have to admit that I have really been struggling with the actual text of On the Nature of Things. You see, it’s a poem from about 70 BCE which seeks to explain the… Continue Reading “One long struggle in the dark.”
What cruelty without wisdom
(The above is highlights of a marionette version of Antigone produced this year…..) Antigone is the reading which has affected me the most (in the tragic sense) thus far in our curriculum. A young woman who has lost almost everything – her father and… Continue Reading “What cruelty without wisdom”
Mencius by the sea
Over the weekend I re-read the books of Mencius for my class this week – fortunately in a little cabin by the sea on the west coast of Vancouver Island – a perfect place for quiet meditation and reflection on the words of this… Continue Reading “Mencius by the sea”
Place in Euripides’ Medea
Class discussion about Medea raised some interesting points which hadn’t occurred to me on my first two readings of the text where I focused mainly on gender and the division between revenge and justice. Specifically some inquiries related to place were raised that I… Continue Reading “Place in Euripides’ Medea”
Some initial thoughts on Medea. (1)
One of two readings for tonight’s class – I’m having a hard time coming up with anything about Medea that doesn’t seem cliche – perhaps because this myth of the passionately, murderously motivated woman is so done, so analyzed, so interpreted through every possible… Continue Reading “Some initial thoughts on Medea. (1)”
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