Somehow the classics give dignity to modern hypothesis.
This is the summary of the ancient Greek play "Ajax:" A soldier returns home from battle but has brought the war with him. He stares off into the distance (with a “thousand-yard stare”), is unable to take joy in his family or friends, and is still hyperalert to threats he no longer faces. Unable to heal his invisible wound, he takes his own life.
The author of “Ajax,” Sophocles, was himself a warrior — an elected general who led men against Syracuse.
Poor Freud picked the wrong play to gain insight into us.
This is the summary of the ancient Greek play "Ajax:" A soldier returns home from battle but has brought the war with him. He stares off into the distance (with a “thousand-yard stare”), is unable to take joy in his family or friends, and is still hyperalert to threats he no longer faces. Unable to heal his invisible wound, he takes his own life.
The author of “Ajax,” Sophocles, was himself a warrior — an elected general who led men against Syracuse.
Poor Freud picked the wrong play to gain insight into us.
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