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I'm not very familiar with you, so perhaps there is some context missing. But those statements are extraordinarily odd. No one is equal - or perhaps you know o
by OpieCunningham 15y ago
I'm not very familiar with you, so perhaps there is some context missing. But those statements are extraordinarily odd.
No one is equal - or perhaps you know of some physical or natural law that demonstrates this supposed equality? If anyone was equal to another they would be identical and indistinguishable.
I know of a mathematical formula that allows me to compare to whole human beings: what value have I received from your existence vs. another's existence? It's an imperfect formula, no doubt, but it's not equivalent to null. Specific people have far greater influence on any given individual than all people have influence. Therefore, they are superior people from the perspective of that individual.
The last statement lacks sufficient context for me to comment: "And now that he's gone, I'm more of a person than he ever will be" - I can't determine the meaning. I suppose it's something like: any person that is alive at this moment is better than any person that has ever lived and died. And that's not supreme hubris? (Perhaps there is some indication you're referring to the potential of a person living vs. the potential of a person dead, though that ignores the reality of continuing influence and inspiration that some dead people retain while a living person likely never achieves at a similar scale.)