Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-02-13]: Divers discovered the shipwreck of a whale ship, the capten of which was the inspiration of the Herman Melville's masterpiece "Mobu Dick" [source: web news]. Capten Ahab was obsessed with the big white whale and tried to go beyond the boundaries of himself and of nature. He was punished for his ύβρις. What are our obsessions today? What do we strive to do beyond the very limits of our Nature? What kind of "Moby Dick" do we chase nowadays?
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