Prompted by Book VIII of the Iliad, this Conversations essay asks where human excellence reaches its limits—and whether we have come to expect too much of it.
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In Book VII of The Iliad, the Greeks begin to understand that resolution is not as close, or as simple, as they hoped. First they face what has been lost. Then they begin to make the place survivable.
This Is My Life Now, For Now Read Post »
Every so often you watch someone make a decision that makes no sense. Not because they are confused. Not because they lack information. In Book 6 of the Iliad, Hector and Andromache reveal a more uncomfortable truth: some of the most consequential decisions in life are governed by something deeper than love.
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