Nature and Humanity: The Classical Meaning of Human Freedom: The Classical Meaning of Human Freedom

Author: Xiao Houguo
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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: This book is an interpretation of ancient Greek classics, focusing on the independence and self-governance of free people. Chapter 1 is a general introduction, revealing the conditions for the emergence of human politics and elaborating on its purpose and significance. Chapter 2, Antigone, depicts human self-legislation, an endeavor that is tragic. Chapter 3, Oedipus Rex, similar to Antigone, discusses human audacity in the face of ever-increasing knowledge. Chapter 4, The Statesman, tells how the web of politics is woven—correct relations between humans and gods are achieved through human imitation of the divine. Chapter 5, Real Estate—Houses, seems unrelated to the overall theme, but this is not the case. As mentioned earlier, correct relations between humans and gods are achieved through human imitation of the divine, and houses are the result of humans imitating the divine's cosmic creation—they are our microcosms, the dwelling places of free people, from which independence and self-governance originate.