Human, All Too Human, Part 71 summary
Part 71 of 152 · 1 min to read the part
In 71, Pandora opens a beautiful box and releases evils, but closes it at Zeus’s command before hope escapes, leaving people to mistake its contents for a treasure. The argument presents hope as the greatest evil because it keeps people alive under suffering and extends their misery rather than ending it.
What happens
- Pandora brings and opens an attractive box that the gods give to humanity.
- Living evils escape and trouble people continually, while Pandora closes the lid at Zeus’s command.
- People keep the box and value its remaining contents without recognizing that it contains an evil.
- The remaining evil is hope, which Zeus gives people to keep them living despite their misery.
- The argument calls hope the greatest evil because it prolongs human suffering.
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