2006-08-19 12:23:28 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
What a thought provoking oxymoron. Unfortunately, I find this to be a play on words. If uniqueness is becoming common as you pointed out. Then perhaps we'll need to aspire to 'uncommon uniqueness.'
I find many of these words and findings to be used and taken out of context. Your question can also be asked as, "Is the belief that each of us is unique a prevalent thought?"
While we may share similar qualities and characteristics in common. The sum of our parts create a unique structure found in no other individual.
2006-08-24 10:56:31 · answer #1 · answered by M.C. 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. Counterintuitively, being mentally healthy entails that you have false perceptions about yourself; a healthy human thinks that they are smarter, more attractive, and more respected than they actually are. A person with severe depression is likely to have, in certain aspects, a much more accurate self-image -- that is, when they rate their own characteristics, their ratings will coincide more closely with the ratings that their peers give them. I think that uniqueness is part of this phenomenon. To be a normal, healthy person, you have to believe that you are, in some measure, unique, even though real uniqueness is spectacularly unlikely for any one individual.
2006-08-20 04:47:03 · answer #2 · answered by Drew 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Being unique separates one from others. Your uniqueness says a lot about your individuality and the distinctive essence of that ..........being ....you. To not be outstanding just put you,another generic face among the crowd. Being unique makes life less boring, and exciting and exhilirating.
2006-08-19 20:16:32 · answer #3 · answered by rosieC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Individuality,uniqueness one in the same
2006-08-25 18:57:23 · answer #4 · answered by mustang 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, uniqueness is common. Just like all cookies are different, although they are made with the same cookie cutter.
AV
2006-08-25 17:50:30 · answer #5 · answered by antvelarde 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everybody I ever met was unique from every other person.
2006-08-19 23:21:41 · answer #6 · answered by beautypsychic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As individuals we are all unique. As a group we all have a lot in common. When feeling confident we try to shine out as individuals. When afraid we like to hide in the group.
2006-08-19 19:55:49 · answer #7 · answered by Cary Grant 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Everyone is unique in some way.
2006-08-26 15:08:18 · answer #8 · answered by kayboff 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every person is like a snow flake, unique and then gone......Every person shines upon the earth in his/her own uniqueness the sons/daughters from above ascend to shine for a unique time then return to heaven and the sons/daughters from below rise to shine for a unique time then return below.
But there is one whom is the unique source of eternal life and He is without shadow or change always the same, yesterday, today and tomorrow. He did taste of death for us all but proved himself uniquely stronger than death and all who believe in Him shall inherit unique eternal life. And come into His unique eternal kingdom. “One God world with out end amen”
2006-08-24 21:39:43 · answer #9 · answered by daystar0141 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes each individual is a unique personality with different personality trait .They may not be that they are famous or that they may not be celebrities.
2006-08-26 06:12:47 · answer #10 · answered by sumant b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋