Vision And Sight; Incommensurable Concepts
Vision and Sight are two vastly separate and dissimilar notions; sight being the understanding of sight in regard to a visual appeal; vision being an individual's ability to have greater knowledge of the future or more vast concepts; a prime example of this is Oedipus from the play write Oedipus Rex and his lack of vision; its is an ideal illustration of why vision is more crucial than sight.
Vision is a concept that not many individuals possess; this is why humans tend to make a plethora of mistakes throughout life: not going to university, not caring about education; in taking drugs, dipsomania; and et cetera. Similarly the play write “Oedipus Rex”, written by Sophocles in 441 B.C; is a …show more content…
Throughout “Oedipus Rex” Tiresias — the oracle, directly states his theory on how Oedipus is blind in context to his vision “Since you have taunted me with being blind, here is my word for you. You have your eyes but see not where you are in sin, nor where you live, nor whom you live with.” Teiresias, lines 465 - 468. This quotation was the first notion of Oedipus lacking metaphorical vision. Teiresias was the first person who was able to know of Oedipus's demoralizing fate. As Tiresias states, “nor where you live, not whom you live with”, this as stated before highlights the belief that Oedipus doesn't know that the city — which he is the king of — is the city where he was born in, but because of the Oracle’s belief at birth, he was put into
Vision and Sight are two vastly separate and dissimilar notions; sight being the understanding of sight in regard to a visual appeal; vision being an individual's ability to have greater knowledge of the future or more vast concepts; a prime example of this is Oedipus from the play write Oedipus Rex and his lack of vision; its is an ideal illustration of why vision is more crucial than sight.
Vision is a concept that not many individuals possess; this is why humans tend to make a plethora of mistakes throughout life: not going to university, not caring about education; in taking drugs, dipsomania; and et cetera. Similarly the play write “Oedipus Rex”, written by Sophocles in 441 B.C; is a …show more content…
Throughout “Oedipus Rex” Tiresias — the oracle, directly states his theory on how Oedipus is blind in context to his vision “Since you have taunted me with being blind, here is my word for you. You have your eyes but see not where you are in sin, nor where you live, nor whom you live with.” Teiresias, lines 465 - 468. This quotation was the first notion of Oedipus lacking metaphorical vision. Teiresias was the first person who was able to know of Oedipus's demoralizing fate. As Tiresias states, “nor where you live, not whom you live with”, this as stated before highlights the belief that Oedipus doesn't know that the city — which he is the king of — is the city where he was born in, but because of the Oracle’s belief at birth, he was put into