Knowledge vs Ignorance

The plot of Oedipus is a search for knowledge and the result of this search is its climax, where Oedipus comes out of the darkness (ignorance) and into the light (knowledge).

Which is better knowledge or ignorance? What kind of knowledge should we all possess? What things would be better off left unrevealed? To what extent are we responsible for what we know?

You can respond to each question individually or together but must post twice by November 27th at 11:59pm.

Truth and Nature

For this blog there are two parts. You must post twice but can do so in any combination.

First, you can follow this link and select a quote from the page to discuss as relevent to Romanticism, Thoreau, and yourselves. http://www.whale.to/vaccine/quotes4.htm

Or you can answer this: Which of the maxims would be best to live by? Explain.

or you can do both- Post by 27th of November- 11:59pm