Achilles' underworld speech reverses his life project: from eternity, he regrets choosing young heroic death over an old life with family.
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Regret
Achilles' underworld speech reverses his life project: from eternity, he regrets choosing young heroic death over an old life with family.
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"And then Achilles says, he reassured the ghost, but he broke out protesting. No winning words about death to me, shining Odysseus. By God,..."
"...meaning and purpose. And I discovered that, you know what, I regret my life, because I should have died an old man, my family,..."
"...he kills his landlady. But in other words, he feels tremendous regret for what he did. And what saves him is his love for..."
"...all. I shall never deny what you deserve, my queen, never regret my memories of Ditto, not while I can recall myself and draw..."
"...yourself with a memory of it okay your soul burns with regret and despair and guilt and shame it doesn't make sense all right..."
"You have these psychopaths who run the world. They don't feel regret. They don't forgive each other. So how do we perceive these people,..."
"...humbled by a sacrifice. We would feel so much remorse and regret for making God die that we would never, ever disobey him again...."
"Okay. So the Bible says that Nehemiah one day feels tremendous regret that the city of his ancestors has not been rebuilt. He begs..."
"...Responsibility, right? How about, what else? Wisdom, openness, empathy, excuse me? Regret, respect,"
"...make money. Okay? And then Marmaladov in a fit of tremendous regret. He goes and finds a job. And this seems like it's going..."
"...old lady. He's stolen her money. But now. He feels. Tremendous. Regret. And he doesn't know. Why. He can't sleep. He's. He. He. Falls...."
"...Is. His. Weakness. Okay. He. Killed. The. Lady. And. He. Felt. Regret. For. Doing. It. So. This. Proves. He's. Not. Great. Napoleon. Would. Have...."
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