A Bibliophile's Odyssey: Reading The Great Books

A Bibliophile's Odyssey: Reading The Great Books

Great Books Ep 64. Aeschylus - Agamemnon, Part 4. The Eternal Journey towards the Boundless Quest for Knowledge

Do we acknowledge the inherent limitlessness of human curiosity and ambition or despair at the hopelessness of not being able to grasp and understand the universe or be able to never understand?

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“Now I've no hope to unwind, The clew of Heart's desire. To think is pain when thought is blind, The smoke of a soul on fire.”

~ ‘Agamemnon’ by Aeschylus (G. M. Cookson translation. p63. line 1043)

Brief Summary (Lines 933 - 1249):

Though Agamemnon is ashamed at the lavish entry his wife set up, he yields, and walks on the pu…

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