OK, let's have a go at this one!
Aristotle and his theory of substances and Universals! Some ideas close to Plato's views, yet so many differences and arguments between the two. Metaphysics is a wonderful topic to discuss in class. The idea that ideas themselves are real and that the physical being is the illusion...the temporary. Love it, but I still can't wrap my head around all the implications and also how ignorant I am as a human.
Oedipus Rex: Tragic!
A man can see, yet does not truly look at the truth....a "seer" cannot see, yet can see the truth.
Duality...that one can be a brother to his own son. And, the web of lies built when individuals try to sway the future of inevitability. Oedipus cannot see in front of him or even behind himself...
Two sets of King and Queen...two herdsmen, two brothers, two daughters and two sons, as well as two cities. Oppositional? Yin and Yang?
I am looking forward to today's class discussion to hear other opinions and thoughts...and get some more insight on the messages in the play as well as the root of the "disease."
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