Plato’s cave

  Beyond Criticism ...the demonically sharp-witted Nietzsche once said that we feel very pleasant in nature because nature has no opinion of us. Obviously... ...neither the trees, nor the flowers, nor the flies, nor the bugs, nor the donkeys, have an opinion of us. Nature is a given and was handed down to us as it is. Whether by Chance or by God, it was handed down to us as it is. The city has an opinion of us... That is, society has an opinion of us. This is quite psychologically oppressive and annoying... usually. In the city, we are constantly taking exams... either before others or before ourselves. In nature, we simply satisfy our needs. Simple things. Ultimately, a large part of the suffering that man endures comes from society. Because he cannot sit alone in a room... ...since he cannot bear solitude and introspection. ...therefore, he must be with other people and coexist with them and their flaws. Hard things again. People have an inherent tendency toward ...

They say you can judge a person’s character by the people they admire. It’s obvious: if they admire Einstein and Newton, they are a scientific type… If they admire Saint Onuphrius and Saint Anthony, they are a austere and religious type, and if they admire some fraud or crook, they are certainly a fraud themselves and not to be trusted. The problem with me is that when I was young, I read "The Great Inventors of Mankind," which my father gave me as a gift, and I wanted to be like them. When I realized that inventions are difficult and that I probably wouldn’t invent anything, I began to admire various heroes, warriors, and the like. I didn’t do well there either, after realizing that acts of heroism are generally difficult and dangerous, and that, ultimately, in times of peace, you can't perform many heroic deeds anyway. Then I started reading about pioneer doctors like Pasteur, Koch, Jenner, and others who made innovative discoveries and saved many lives. These wer...