The Power of Myth
“Myths have no life of their own. They wait for us to give them flesh.”
— Albert Camus, Prometheus in the Underworld
“Prometheus — One of the Titans of Greek myth, famous as a benefactor of man”
The New York Times on today’s maiden speech of the new prime minister of France:
“PARIS, June 8 — … In replying to his critics, Mr. De Villepin quoted from Albert Camus’s description of Prometheus, saying, ‘He is harder than his rock and more patient than his vulture.'”
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