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The search of truth
Title: The search of truth
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1138 | Pages: 4.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
The search of truth
The Search for Truth
In “Oedipus the King,” Oedipus’s relentless search for the cause of the city’s plague leads to his inevitable misery. Unknowingly, Oedipus had slain his father, married his mother, and was the cause of the city’s misfortune. Mid way through his search, Oedipus is warned that his search will only lead to his misfortune, but he decides to continue. His wife then begs him to leave the origins of …showed first 75 words of 1138 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1138 total…chaos. If there were no morals, we would just be a bunch of barbarians. If we didn’t believe that knowledge and truth added meaning to our lives than we would have no meaning, or hope. We can sympathize, but not justify Jocasta’s view because it would be detrimental to our world. Even though there is no absolute answer, it is not only logical, and beneficial to believe that Oedipus did the right thing.
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