Oedipus Rex "TheAltruistic Man Revealed"
             "Anyone who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind's eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye; and he who remembers this when he sees anyone whose vision is perplexed and weak, will not be too ready to laugh; he will ask whether that soul of man has come out of the brighter life, and is unable to see because unaccustomed to the dark, or having turned from darkness to the day is dazzled by excess light, and he will count the other one happy in his condition and state of being, and he will pity the other...(Plato. The Republic)
             "The main issue is whether a man is innocent because he didn't know. Is a fool on the throne relieved of all responsibility merely because he is a fool?"...When Thomas heard the Communists shouting in defense of their inner purity, he said to himself; as a result of your "not knowing," this country has lost its freedom, lost it for centuries, perhaps, and you shout that you feel no guilt? How can you stand the sight of what you've done?
             How is it you aren't horrified? Have you no eyes to see? If you had eyes, you would have to pit them out an wander away from Thebes! (Milan Kindera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
             The tragic downfall of Oedipus existed because of his persistence to find the truth. Through ignorance, the dafety of blindness would have protected him, but he was eager to challenge the gods, know his fate, and act against it. Through the trial of his self-discovery, knowledge of his true identity, invoked further contemplation that placed him in a situation he could not escape.
             In fleeing from his fate, leaving his father for fear of taking his life, this was Oedipus' first and most significant defiance ...