#2- OnlineGreatBooks.com talks Aeschylus' "Prometheus Bound"
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Is It a Punishment?
In Genesis, Zeus instilled in man blind hopes. Other translations say he gave to man vain hope. Why do we suppose this is a punishment? Ye, cause, i popularly hope is rewarded, right? Or we think that that's virtuous,. And, eh, clearly, you know, zeus didn't want humans to be hopeful either. But they're kind of the, there werenw two sides of that same coin, maybe, hope and optimism.
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