3 Sentences for Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound
Write 3 sentences, each one representing an idea of importance for you related to Aeschylus and our discussion. Do not write more than one sentence. If it helps, make believe that you are deciding what 3 sentences will remain of a larger work which no longer exists with the remaining sentences existing in no autograph manuscripts but only quoted by later thinkers. This is in addition to your normal journal ideas.
- Despite our individual mortality as humans, we possess an intrinsic need to progress, at times described as a "blind hope," but which is ultimately difficult to rationalize.
- Knowledge aligned with a moral purpose goes beyond brute force even if it doesn't save someone from the pain of that force.
- The source of morality is difficult to pinpoint and is often on the edge of subjectivity.
All great! If I were to ask you to elaborate on one (which you don't need to do here unless you want to) it would be the third, because I'm not sure I completely understand it.
ReplyDeleteYes, I realized I failed to edit that third statement. What I was trying to convey was that morality can be subjective and that the source of morality being difficult to pinpoint makes it even harder to determine whether it is or isn't subjective. Does that make some more sense?
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