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Epiphany does not cancel tragedy: even after the spectator recognizes the lesson, figures such as Hector and Patroclus still fall.
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Mortality
Epiphany does not cancel tragedy: even after the spectator recognizes the lesson, figures such as Hector and Patroclus still fall.
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Jiang says watching tragedy reveals a fundamental truth about human nature: all humans are going to be tragic.
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The corruption of plants, animals, and bodies is explained by a distinction between God's perfect laws or holy light and the mortal forms that arise from those laws.
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For the Vikings, an absolute end of the world is not merely pessimistic; it is an imperative to cherish every day and live with honor, glory, and courage.
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Enkidu's death makes Gilgamesh confront his own mortality: despite kingship, achievements, and Uruk's walls, death is waiting for him.
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Gilgamesh's search for immortality is repeatedly rejected by figures who tell him that immortality belongs to the gods, humans must die, and he should enjoy mortal life.
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"that oh it's hubris that leads to tragedy and therefore it will make you a much more humble person okay this is what we..."
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"you a much better person does it make sense guys all right even crime is this arm of habits horror and all its contagion..."
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"major problem is if god created us and god loves us why are we making mistakes why are we dying why are we in..."
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"have mentioned as well as those things that are made from them receive their form from a credit power the matter contained had been..."
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"Okay? That's the Christian tradition. In the Norse tradition in the Norse tradition everything ends. And you may think to yourself oh well this..."
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"But Gilgamesh rebuffs Ishtar because Gilgamesh basically knows that Ishtar wants to turn him into her sex slave. He doesn't want that. He wants..."
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"So he hears about this immortal man, this man who has lived forever. And he will live forever. And he decides to seek him..."
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"...will save you, what will redeem you, is to admit your mortality. Admit your fallibility. And to seek help from those around you and..."
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"...places where women gave birth. Same hospital, same staff, but the mortality rate at the second clinic was much higher than the first clinic...."
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"...places where women gave birth. Same hospital, same staff, but the mortality rate at the second clinic was much higher than the first clinic...."
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"...with your prayers, you may disperse all the clouds of his mortality, so that the highest joy be his to see. The clouds of..."
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