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Distinguish between the “two vocabularies” of political science.
Professional/technical and values
How can modern science instruct us in how to achieve happiness?
Cannot because cannot deal in values
From the point of view of modern science, distinguish between “knowledge” and “faith”.
Knowledge is intersubjectively transmissible; believing is not the same as knowing
How did Athens have the power of censorship over plays?
The polis only funded the chorus for plays they accepted
How did “Antigone” evade full censorship by the polis?
Set in Thebes, an ally of Sparta, which is an enemy of Athens; different political values expected
How does Antigone find out about Creon’s edict in regard to Polyneices?
Eavesdropping; she chooses to be politically aware, but she still confuses the private and public of politics
What does Creon’s edict say should be done with Polyneices?
Not to bury Polyneices
What was the reaction of the chorus when Creon asked them to support his edict?
They are indecisive don’t show power until they know what to do
What makes Antigone an ambiguous heroine and Creon an ambiguous villain?
Different versions of right
What are the three themes of “Antigone”?
Public, private, piety
What does the Athenian audience make of Antigone’s lineage?
The incest makes them foresee doom
What is the blood relationship between Haemon and Antigone?
Cousins and second cousins simultaneously
What is the blood relationship between Creon and Antigone?
Paternal uncle and maternal great-uncle simultaneously
Why is Antigone not caught the first time she buries Polyneices?
There were sandstorms, so it could've been an act of god
What three reasons does Antigone offer for why she will not accept Creon’s proclamation?
Piety, familial loyalty/pride, love for Polyneices
Why do we have good reason to think that Antigone’s primary motive was not piety?
She would not do the same for a husband or child, because they are replaceable
How are both the chorus and Creon, respectively, defective in regard to decision-making?
Chorus can't make a decision and Creon loses rationality when challenged
Why does the chorus in “Antigone” show no political will in the first half of the play?
They understand both sides
Who is Teiresias and what paradox does he represent?
He is the blind prophet who can see the future
At the very end of the play, with what is wisdom associated? When is wisdom attained by human beings, according to Sophocles?
Wisdom comes to the old, when you realize you are limited
From our study of “Antigone”, what did we learn were the three basic issues of privacy?
Romantic/erotic, familial, piety
What is Creon's definition of justice?
Do good to friends and harm to enemies
What does Tireisias tell Creon he must do?
Free Antigone
What is the relationship between citizen and individual?
We are both citizens and individuals simultaneously and inversely
What does Antigone mean?
Against life; against the recreation of life
The relationship between art and politics in our culture tends to be _________
problematic; art and politics seem to be unrelated or at odds
What is the relationship between Greek poetry and politics?
They are integrally related
What is tragedy, according to Aristotle?
The conflict of two rights
What is the contrast between Antigone and Ismene?
Antigone has loyalty to the dead, while Ismene has loyalty to the living
What is the arrangement between the chorus and the people?
Anyone who obeys the laws of the earth and the justic of the gods will find favor with them