Great Books Ep 9: Survival and Empathy: Finding Balance in Times of Strife

Society views unsuccessful people harshly. But you could work hard all day and night and yet not be successful if circumstances are against you.

He took the balance by the middle, and when he lifted it up the day of the Achaeans sank; the death-fraught scale of the Achaeans settled down upon the ground, while that of the Trojans rose heavenwards. Then he thundered aloud from Ida, and sent the glare of his lightning upon the Achaeans;

~ The Iliad - Book VIII (Samuel Butler Translation. p51 / v66)

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