Great Books Ep 24: The Fly and the Bull: Provoking the Powerful

Provoking powerful people can have disastrous consequences. So it is important for powerful people to show more restraint than others.

The son of Peleus from the other side sprang forth to meet him, like some fierce lion that the whole country-side has met to hunt and kill—at first he bodes no ill, but when some daring youth has struck him with a spear, he crouches open mouthed, his jaws foam, he roars with fury, he lashes his tail from side to side about his ribs and loins, and glares…