Aphorisms

"Hell, there are no rules here -- we're trying to accomplish something".
-Thomas Alva Edison
WARNING: I am trying to accomplish a four in this homework, things can get messy. 
As I was searching aphorisms for this assignment I read this quote and I though it was perfect for me. The thing that was a catch for me was that I loved Machiavelli's philosophy of "the end justifies the means". I do follow this philosophy but not to its extremes, by extremes I mean illegal stuff, but sometimes a little autocratic is fine for me. I also follow this quote by never giving up. I am the type of chess player that when he only has the king vs. the guy that has every single pawn, doesn't give up. I will try to win, even though by that moment I know the greatest thing I can achieve is a tie. This quote is also very interesting if you see it from the point of view of the author, Thomas Alva Edison, the creator of the light bulb. We know he was a great inventor but we also know he played dirty. Nikola Tesla was his greatest competitor and we always see him doing nasty things to him. I would not call myself nasty, I would call myself autocratic. Did I get a 4? If not I will stay to opportunity days to improve my grade. If I still dont get a four I will go and have a godfather style talk with my teacher.

Questions3

1. Who are Baucis and Philemon?
Baucis and Philemon are two poor people who receive two homeless guys without hesitating but with the biggest pleasure then they realize they are goods.
2. How do they differ from other people?
They are modest and they care for others, they took care to homeless people without them even asking.
3. Why do Zeus and Hermes reward them?
Because they helped them when they were acting as homeless.
4. Describe their wish.
Their wish was to die at the same time because they didn't want to weep on each others graves.
5. What does this story suggest? What is its didactic message?
This story suggest that you need to help the needed, and that if you don't stop loving you don't die. The didactic message is to love and help the needed to be truly happy.
6. Do you agree with this idea of love? Why? Why not?
Yes I agree because you see old single people and their life is a rutine they are machines, they are sad but the loving old are really happy.

Questions

1. Who are Hades, Fates, Tantalus and Sisyphus?
1. Hade is the god of the underworld. 
2. The fates are three women who determine fate
3. Tantalus is a guy in the tartarus that stole ambrosia so he is always thirsty.
4. Sisyphus is the king of Ephyra he was punished to roll a rock up a hill and then see it roll infinite times.
2.  How can Orpheus get Eurydice back?
1.     While they are leaving the underworld Eurydice will be behind Orpheus and he must not look back.
3.  List the ways we are invited to interpret the story.
1. 3 ways which are the story of love, the story of time and the artistic way.
4.  Which interpretation do you most agree with?
1.  Is this story a story of an artist, and the loss that comes from sudden self-consciousness or impatience?
5. Is this a love story?  Why?  Why not? If so, what kind of love does this seem to be?
1.      It seems to be a story of appearance love and pleasure love because he turned around to see her beauty.