Archive for June, 2004

I’m Glad You Asked Me That

Some questions raised by the “Great Books”:

  • How did we get here (”Genesis”);
  • Who am I? (Hamlet/Oedipus).
  • How can I secure myself? (Dante; Machiavelli; Virgil);
  • Should I be good? (Gawain; Machiavelli; Dante);
  • What is reality? (Cervantes; Sophocles; Shakespeare);
  • What is honour? (Homer; Virgil; Gawain; Cervantes);
  • Do ends justify means? (Machiavelli; Hamlet; Macbeth; Gawain);
  • Is there meaning in suffering? (Genesis; Job; Homer; Proust; Beckett; Kafka);
  • Why should I do anything? (Hamlet; Godot);
  • What’s important in Life? (Everybody.)

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