The title is a titular phrase from a Bertolt Brecht poem (just google brecht how fortunate the man with none to read it) emphasizing the distance between then and now. It is a striking phrase, at once both acknowledging and rejecting virtue as a thing to strive for; virtue is what brings ruin to the invoked Ancients, even in their own times. Solomon’s wisdom didn’t help much in the end; Caesar’s courage brought him to an abrupt end; and Socrates’ honesty didn’t match his fate. How much better would it have been had they been just a tad less of themselves, and thus able to save themselves from themselves? To read more, go here: Source: https://discursiveanomalies.com/2016/07/19/brecht-how-fortunate-the-man-with-none/ (you will have to copy & paste it into browser)
The title is a titular phrase from a Bertolt Brecht poem (just google brecht how fortunate the man with none to read it) emphasizing the distance between then and now. It is a striking phrase, at once both acknowledging and rejecting virtue as a thing to strive for; virtue is what brings ruin to the invoked Ancients, even in their own times. Solomon’s wisdom didn’t help much in the end; Caesar’s courage brought him to an abrupt end; and Socrates’ honesty didn’t match his fate. How much better would it have been had they been just a tad less of themselves, and thus able to save themselves from themselves? To read more, go here: Source: https://discursiveanomalies.com/2016/07/19/brecht-how-fortunate-the-man-with-none/ (you will have to copy & paste it into browser)