Is freedom worth any price? The death of a Eurasian owl who embodied the ethos of “live fast, die young” has some wondering if we have really understood what life is all about.
Heartbreak as Flaco the owl dies in New York
RIP: Flaco (above last week) lived a life with all the elements of a classic hero’s story. Glossary
Central Park - An iconic large park in the heart of New York City.
Friedrich Nietzsche - A German classical scholar, philosopher, and critic of culture (1844 – 1900), who became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers.
Achilles - The Greeks' greatest hero. The only vulnerable part of his body was his heel - hence the expression "an Achilles heel", meaning a weak spot.
Odysseus - The most cunning of the Greek leaders. The Odyssey, an epic poem about the 10 years he spent trying to return home after the Trojan War, is also attributed to Homer.
New York City - A city in the US. It is the biggest city in New York state.
Exacerbated - Made worse.
Max Weber - A German thinker of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries who is regarded as one of the founders of sociology. His ideas about the development of modern western society remain highly influential.