The Modern Prometheans and the Excess of the Real
9 min readJul 21, 2019
Prometheus is the first and only God to make common cause with man, to assume responsibility for them, to take their side against another tyrannical God, to commit the first crimes for their benefit and willingly accept suffering to guarantee their progress and survival. All this Dr. Frankenstein now rejects. He only now wants to destroy the very thing he has created. Why? Because it is an abomination to…