Anaximander meets Jung

Rating: 9/10 (5 February 2020)

The oldest saying of Western Civilisation, states that "things render justice (dike) to each other, and pay penalty to each other (tisis) for their injustice (adikia) according to the ordinance of time" (Anaximander 610- 546 B.C.).
C.G.Jung (1875-1961): Persona
Here "Frederick Chilton as archetype of "subjective cover-up" untruthfulness, in-authenticity.
Hanibal: Figure of "Dike": Truth maker
Truth here conceived as the ability to reveal one's hidden agenda, to come forth in truthfulness, the ability to carry one's lamb, one's innocence (christian figure).
Hannibal eating the tongues: The hypothesized inability of the person, after a certain state, after having hidden fully behind it's persona, to speak truthfully and in resonance with a christian, lamb-like, shadow integrated voice.
Our innocence is the heaviest burden to carry.