[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/lit/ - Literature

Search:


View post   

>> No.21639016 [View]
File: 57 KB, 320x745, Sileno_del_100-150_con_testa_di_età_flavia,_da_originali_del_primo_ellenismo_della_cerchia_di_lisisppo.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
21639016

>>21638954
>As for the rejection of Prometheus' gift by after-thought, Epimetheus, what can this signify but that the wiser choice is to remain in the Intellectual realm?
I read this and was put in mind of the mythical wisdom of Silenus: that the next best thing to never having been born is to die quickly. But I think that represents more of a despairing Epicurean way of looking at things. Two sides of an interesting coin.

Navigation
View posts[+24][+48][+96]