"to err is to human"... I've heard that phrase kicked around now & then, usually coming from my own two lips.
i "err" quite allot, i.e., i tend to make allot of mistakes, screw-up etc etc.
so thus, if "to err is to human", what if one makes more errors than the average human,would they thus become "more human than human"?
but what exactly is "more human than human"?
is it then a "overman", or "Übermensch" as Nietzsche stated?
i doubt it, for the "Übermensch" seems to me, to be portrait as without flaw, a person that through self evaluation or "will to power" has risen above his/her own nihilism. where as i am over neck deep in my own nihilism, & knowing my flaws & have a tendency to dwell on some of them, which only bogs me down into a worse "slave" position in Nietzsche's "Master-Slave Morality". ...
maybe I'm on to something, maybe i couldn't be farther from the target. but i enjoyed this question, & still have some thoughts on it. but space is running out waaay to quickly!
2006-10-27 14:49:29 · 3 answers · asked by biodegradable insane asylum 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
You're taking things out of context, and thus stripping them of much of their meaning.
The crux (so to speak) of the expression 'to err is human' lies in the next phrase: To err is human; to forgive, Divine. The point, then, is not to make mistakes to become like a human, but to forgive those who make mistakes to become more like God. Or, in other words, this expression has only peripherally to do with making mistakes - it really is talking about forgiveness!
And by that standard, you seem particularly non-Divine because you seem to be dwelling on your mistakes instead of overcoming them (as Nietzsche would encourage) or forgiving them (as the originator of that old idiom would suggest).
I, myself, am reminded of Seneca. He said, "He who injured you is either stronger or weaker. If he is weaker; spare him; if he is stronger; spare yourself." And, arguably, if you are injuring yourself, you're welcome to go ahead. Heh.
2006-10-28 18:55:42 · answer #1 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you can't stumble your way into genius.
2006-10-28 03:36:58 · answer #2 · answered by -.- 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Don't worry, be happy? Smile.
2006-10-29 19:03:18 · answer #3 · answered by Alice Chaos 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋