/lit/ - Literature

1. That other has what I do not. If I should want that, perhaps they can show me how to attain it.
2. That other is what I am not. And if I should wish to become more like them, perhaps I can learn from them what I it is exactly I see in them that I would like for myself.
3. That other can do I what I cannot. And if there’s the possibility, beyond merely appreciating their abilities, to have for myself the skills I find in them that I wish for myself I can seek to the means by which to acquire those abilities.

Learning about my favorite people, by accumulating (if available) as much content that is available on them in the form of their biography’s, autobiography’s, interviews, works, influences, the environment they were raised in, etc., I was able to learn a lot about what made them who they were. Beyond envy and jealousy there are A many number of sublime qualities possessed by humans , such as love, appreciation, respect, reverence, Etc. that make life not only more endurable but exciting, interesting and beautiful. There is a hierarchy. Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honor than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the former ensure a good life. I think Aristotle says this knowing that teachers, beyond what they have, what they are, and what they can do, are esteemed above all others precisely in what they give. And that service towards the cultivation of greatness is the greater part of what we mean by greatness. And, likewise, those who are not, have not, and cannot, show their incapacity not only in their inabilities but in the very unwillingness to humble themselves before those who do.