I think Shakespeare said this.Didn't someone also say that if you called a rose by any other name, it wouldn't change itself or its characteristics.But isn't the rose,unlike man, more intelligent. [ to the extent that it decides not even to explain itself to us or to make us realize our folly]
And what of man, how many times have you not noticed how he reverse engineers to create an aura of,about and around himself that fits with the meaning ascribed to him.
And, although, it may seem okay to excuse this naivete as some sort of pasttime activity, just as we indulge in so many other distractions to keep ourselves busy, is it not true that this fixation, when extrapolated , to draw meaning and inferences (not to forget what follows - prejudice) from names, forms and matter around one leads man to forget one simple basic fact, that to treat another man as man first.
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Everything said, I still hold the thought that we as individual intellects, ought to "call each thing by its right name". It is a person's prerogative to do what he does, good or bad. I for one, derive my inspirations from the good things in life. To this date, I remember what a painting said, which I had about 12 years ago. It said, "Life is not a resting, but a constant moving".
ReplyDeleteI like this post. Yes we as people tend to reverse engineer our lives to the factors around us, hence deriving a self created meaning of our lives.
ReplyDeleteTo be just called a man would mean I am the same as you who is the same as the street urchin. Which while correct, defeats the reasoning descrived above as it would make us "common". Eevery man reverse engineers to ensure they standout... a statistic said "more than 75% of people thought they were of above average intellect".... well isnt that self-reflecting... apparently above average itself is above average...