Keaa tope, Despair and Memory and answer the que
And yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. The Ancients saw it as a divine gift.
Indeed if memory helps us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. How could we go on
with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us?
The Talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. Without
the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. Only God and God
alone can and must remember everything.
Which of the following is true about the above excerpt?
Logos is used in saying all men forget and want to forget, because the Talmud also praised forgetting.
Ethos is used in reference to dangers and ghosts.
Ethos is used in referring to the Ancients, the Talmud, and God.
Pathos is used without loaded language.