The timeless or human behavior that I found in reading Oedipus is that the search for truth can destroy you. At some point in our lives we have all felt powerful and at the top. In this work the author places the character at a time in his life when he is at his peak. He is powerful, loved by all his subjects, by his wife, this could go on for a long time. But the search for the truth will lead to revelations that will cause his downfall. As the plot unfolds we can say that this work alone represents a philosophical reflection on happiness which is something very subjective, power and knowledge. During the time when Oedipus does not know, he is happy and exercises the power entrusted to him by his people. And paradoxically, the closer he gets to the truth, trying to find out who he is, the more he loses himself. He blindly searches for the truth but when it is within his reach he refuses to hear it. Once the truth is revealed, he loses his wife, his family and the power that had been entrusted to him. The search for the truth can do good but also cause the downfall of a person and I find that it is some universe in the experience of being human
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