As seen in the Works and Days of Hesiod, he uses mythology to explain a fundamental question of life: the origin of human misery. Using mythology, Hesiod exploits human emotion to explain how human misery arises. Hesiod explores the notion of nostalgia by referring to the first divine generation and suggests that a return to the “good old days” would erase human misery, but offers no rational solution to the problem. On the other hand, Plato uses philosophy to explain why human misery exists. By using philosophy, Plato appeals to the intellect. Plato parallels objects in history to those that yield to real-world instances in order to rationally explain the origin of human misery. Through rational explanations, Plato emphasizes that democracy is based on persuasion rather than truthful knowledge. Due to democracy's foundation in relativism, humans fail to make a decision based on truth, but rather on persuasion. Although these problems exist, through the use of philosophy, Plato offers intellectual insight into how to obtain the truth. Because of the distinction between mythology and philosophy, humanity can use both to explore the fundamental questions of life. To fully understand the fundamental questions of life, it is essential to know both how and why a situation arises, which can be discovered by combining mythology and