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- From: stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones)
- Newsgroups: ba.singles
- Subject: Re: Bimbo/Jerk Definitions (Was:Re: Singles Expo in Palo Alto o
- Message-ID: <77580@apple.apple.COM>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 14:20:05 GMT
- References: <77383@apple.apple.COM> <1993Jan24.225013.17856@netcom.com> <74342@cup.portal.com>
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- Emphasis (^^^) mine.
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- DeadHead@cup.portal.com (Bruce M Ong) writes:
-
- >> 1) A Superhuman
- >> Complex : A jerk has a need to feel superior. He places
- ^^^^
- >> an overemphasis on masculinity, competence,
- ^^^^
- >> abilities, and anything that makes him stand out.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- > I dont see anything wrong with it. An entire body of philosophy
- >has been developed based on the innate human desire to achieve. Read
- >Friedrich Nietzsche's "Thus Spake Zarathustra." and some of his other
- >writings. There is a problem when somebody tries to feel superior by stepping
- >on those around him, stabbing others in the back, etc. But if he is only
- >competing with himself, I have no problem with that.
-
- Striving to achieve and trying to *feel* superior are two different things.
- When someone is focused on *feeling* superior, one can't really achieve,
- because one can't take criticism, either internal or external. (Criticism
- destroys false feelings of superiority.) When someone is focused on
- "standing out," then one is not really competing with oneself; one is using
- a gauge of achievement based on the way others behave.
-
- If you really believe the gauge of superiority and achievement should
- reside within you and not in others, try reading the I Ching instead
- of Nietzsche.
-
- --
- Stef A man said to the universe:
- stef@apple.com "Sir, I exist!"
- "However," replied the universe,
- "The fact has not created in me
- A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane
-