Great Books Ep 98. Aristophanes - The Wasps. The Sting of Addiction and the Illusion of Change
About dealing with family members who get addicted to something, and about trying to change someone’s way of life by teaching them.
“For, ah! ’tis hard to break \ From all your lifelong habits; \ Yet some the change have made, \ With other minds consorting, \ By other counsels swayed.”
~ ‘The Wasps’ by Aristophanes (Benjamin B. Rogers translation. GB5 - p. 524)
Brief Summary
The play opens with two slaves, Sosias and Xanthias, talking to each…
