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Maybe he was an idiot, but everyone who lived in the previous 4 billion years was a worse idiot. In the land of the blind and all that.
by thisrod 10y ago
Maybe he was an idiot, but everyone who lived in the previous 4 billion years was a worse idiot. In the land of the blind and all that.
- gumby 10y agoHe was preceded by giants -- he was at best an ordinary human. Fortunately Aristotle doesn't care what I think.
- omarchowdhury 10y agoOrdinary humans don't have others talking about them thousands of years later.
- nurettin 10y agoWell, we are obviously typing about Aristotle, so you seem to be wrong.
- hueving 10y agoThe person you are replying to was pointing out that we don't talk about ordinary humans today to contradict the GP. So you echo the point and then say he/she is wrong?
- nurettin 10y agoJust making a point doesn't make it true. Namely, Aristotle could fall into a certain definition of an ordinary person and still be talked about until sun fades away. And you could be an extraordinary person and be forgotten one decade after you die. Just because society deems you something doesn't mean you are that.
- omarchowdhury 10y agoIf a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?