Great Books Ep 71. Sophocles - Antigone. Moral Choice vs Rigid Rules of Law.

Rigid adherence to rule of the state above all may sometimes come at the cost of overall social benefit

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Brief Summary

The play starts with Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, calling her sister Ismene to a side and asking her about the new edit that has been passed by her uncle and the new king Creon. Ismene doesn’t know, and Antigone says it is about burying only one of their slain brothers (Etocles) with honor and throwing t…