Jodi Hauck
Bennett
English 12
22 October 2016
My True Enlightenment Disclaimer: I would like to take this time to apologize for what I have done. I could give you hundreds of excuses as to why I did what I did, but I just hope I did not lose too much of your respect and promise that this will not happen again. What does it take for something to grow? The main answers are things like water, air, and nutrients; but, the main thing that sparks the chemical reactions within every seed is light. A little light can go a long way, not only in plants but in people. The Greek Enlightenment is something that has never been seen before where... “In that black and fierce world a little centre of white-hot spiritual energy was at work... unlike all that had gone before” (Hamilton 1). In this place man started to ask questions that were never asked before, questions about …show more content…
As humans, peace is the goal of many, rather it be within a small family or the entire earth. This goal will never truly be accomplished until one knows fully who they are. The Greeks fully understood this and portrayed it in many of their writings. For example Sophocles writes of Oedipus Rex who was cursed at birth to kill his father and marry his mother and when Oedipus finally found out the truth it is stated. “For it is better for thee now to die, Than to live on in blindness” (50). At times it is difficult to hear the truth and it causes one to deny, and even if the truth is accepted it is not always welcomed. “That in the world of knowledge the idea of good appears last of all, and is seen only with effort; and, when seen, is also inferred to be the universal author of all things beautiful and right, parent of light and of lord of light in this visible world” (Plato 14). This explains how this is not an easy task to complete, but once completed the true goal of virtue and justice is
Bennett
English 12
22 October 2016
My True Enlightenment Disclaimer: I would like to take this time to apologize for what I have done. I could give you hundreds of excuses as to why I did what I did, but I just hope I did not lose too much of your respect and promise that this will not happen again. What does it take for something to grow? The main answers are things like water, air, and nutrients; but, the main thing that sparks the chemical reactions within every seed is light. A little light can go a long way, not only in plants but in people. The Greek Enlightenment is something that has never been seen before where... “In that black and fierce world a little centre of white-hot spiritual energy was at work... unlike all that had gone before” (Hamilton 1). In this place man started to ask questions that were never asked before, questions about …show more content…
As humans, peace is the goal of many, rather it be within a small family or the entire earth. This goal will never truly be accomplished until one knows fully who they are. The Greeks fully understood this and portrayed it in many of their writings. For example Sophocles writes of Oedipus Rex who was cursed at birth to kill his father and marry his mother and when Oedipus finally found out the truth it is stated. “For it is better for thee now to die, Than to live on in blindness” (50). At times it is difficult to hear the truth and it causes one to deny, and even if the truth is accepted it is not always welcomed. “That in the world of knowledge the idea of good appears last of all, and is seen only with effort; and, when seen, is also inferred to be the universal author of all things beautiful and right, parent of light and of lord of light in this visible world” (Plato 14). This explains how this is not an easy task to complete, but once completed the true goal of virtue and justice is