Oedipus The King 4
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Oedipus the King- Bliss in Ignorance
One of the most memorable and meaningful Socratic quotes applies well when in context of Sophocles’ Theban Trilogy. “The unexamined life is not worth living,” proclaims Socrates. He could have meant many different things by this statement, an ....
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.... it worth living an examined life? (Friedlander)
Socrates had made this statement long after the creation of the Theban Trilogy. In the context of his own time, this was meant to imply that life must be examined and reflected upon, known and discovered by each individual philosopher to better enrich life for all. Yet, in terms of Oedipus Rex, this was meant in a vastly different way.
The unexamined life was one that was in the dark, unknown as to what fate lay beyond every turn and irony of li ....
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