Greetings from Australia! That’s a great post on a piece of wisdom I had never heard before. I look forward to what other proverbs you analyse! Godbless
Thank you, man! I'm so glad you liked it. This is one of my favorite projects and I've collected a ton of wise sayings so I'm hoping to do this for years and years. God bless you too!
I’ve been looking forward to this one ever since you referenced it in your “How I Actually Use My Commonplace Books” video. Great content, as always. Keep it up, bro!
Hey Parker, this is awesome, thank you! I'm deffo not your target audience; a freelance mum writer in London, but I love you approach to sharing what you learn!
While I love the parallels to wrestling here, I wonder what this looks like, irl, when the nobility of the goal isn't so binary. Maybe it simply becomes A measure, rather than, THE measure...
It's proverbs like these which make me hesitant of philosophy - they approach the human condition in a vacuum. To assume that only excessive opposition should be questioned is problematic in itself.
For instance, if I correct a mate to stop him from being racist or acting without consent, my opposition need not be forceful to be deemed correct. Nor must my opposition be echoed in volume by others for it to gain validation. Yet, going by this quote at face value, my opposition would be classified as singular and weak, and thus avoidable.
Similarly, the opposition to something morally repugnant need not have to be overwhelming for it to be true - Israel is commiting genocide as we speak. But even if no other country but Palestine opposed it, the action of opposing it would still be as valid and changing one's course of action would still be the rightful measure of a man.
This is dope! Thanks for all of your time and effort. : )
Thank you man!!
Great Post
Thank you, bro!
Greetings from Australia! That’s a great post on a piece of wisdom I had never heard before. I look forward to what other proverbs you analyse! Godbless
Thank you, man! I'm so glad you liked it. This is one of my favorite projects and I've collected a ton of wise sayings so I'm hoping to do this for years and years. God bless you too!
I’ve been looking forward to this one ever since you referenced it in your “How I Actually Use My Commonplace Books” video. Great content, as always. Keep it up, bro!
Dude, I'm always encouraged by you!
Hey Parker, this is awesome, thank you! I'm deffo not your target audience; a freelance mum writer in London, but I love you approach to sharing what you learn!
While I love the parallels to wrestling here, I wonder what this looks like, irl, when the nobility of the goal isn't so binary. Maybe it simply becomes A measure, rather than, THE measure...
It's proverbs like these which make me hesitant of philosophy - they approach the human condition in a vacuum. To assume that only excessive opposition should be questioned is problematic in itself.
For instance, if I correct a mate to stop him from being racist or acting without consent, my opposition need not be forceful to be deemed correct. Nor must my opposition be echoed in volume by others for it to gain validation. Yet, going by this quote at face value, my opposition would be classified as singular and weak, and thus avoidable.
Similarly, the opposition to something morally repugnant need not have to be overwhelming for it to be true - Israel is commiting genocide as we speak. But even if no other country but Palestine opposed it, the action of opposing it would still be as valid and changing one's course of action would still be the rightful measure of a man.