Gilgamesh

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The Standard Babylonian work follows loss, the search for renewed life and the return to Uruk, and its narrative raises questions about what mortals can achieve.

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Guided course · Module 2 · Lesson 5
Mortality and the limits of achievement
Grief sends Gilgamesh in search of a way past death, and he returns to Uruk without one. Do mortal limits make achievement worthless, or change what we can reasonably ask of a human life?
Guided course · Module 13 · Lesson 81
What can art disclose that an argument may not?
Kant separates aesthetic judgment from private liking, and Tagore asks what a copied style loses. What do rhythm, sequence and silence contribute beyond a work’s paraphrased message?

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Mortality and the limits of achievement

What can art disclose that an argument may not?