by ~ » Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:43 pm
The same Schopenhauer you invoked, gettin all Panglossy 'n shit towards the end of "On Religion". "Clinging ivy" is his metaphor, "Pangloss" is my pronouncement.
And Achilles is a myth, just like his nymph-mother Thetis, his father Peleus, all the Myrmidons, and all the Olympians. Mythical figures, aspects of mankind, drives of our minds, idealisms and cautionary tales.