All Confessions Are Odysseys.

Learning To Learn Is To Know How To Navigate In A Forest Of Facts, Ideas And Theories, A Proliferation Of Constantly Changing Items Of Knowledge. Learning To Learn Is To Know What To Ignore But At The Same Time Not Rejecting Innovation And Research.

When Ulysses Hears His Own Story Sung By An Epic Poet And Then He Reveals His Identity And The Poet Wants To Continue Singing, Ulysses Isn't Interested Any Longer. That's Very Astonishing.

Fiction Has Consisted Either Of Placing Imaginary Characters In A True Story, Which Is The Iliad, Or Of Presenting The Story Of An Individual As Having A General Historical Value, Which Is The Odyssey.

The Odyssey Is The Story Of Someone Who, In The Course Of Diverse Experiences, Acquires A Personality Or Affirms And Recovers His Personality.

To Have One's Own Story Told By A Third Party Who Doesn't Know That The Character In Question Is Himself The Hero Of The Story Being Told, That's A Technical Refinement.