tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4981739266034213538.post8900114236231690538..comments2023-07-25T05:54:36.811-07:00Comments on thaxis: Forgotten ThymosUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4981739266034213538.post-82050770651853125952008-12-01T18:18:00.000-08:002008-12-01T18:18:00.000-08:00eneve, I appreciate your comments. Hegel's point ...eneve, I appreciate your comments. Hegel's point was that, earlier in history, there were two groups: those that were willing to be enslaved to stay alive, and those that were willing to risk their lives to rule. I think this is something worth thinking about today.Erik J. Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992991998553823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4981739266034213538.post-43374806423000781732008-12-01T12:27:00.000-08:002008-12-01T12:27:00.000-08:00Ah, very true I think it can be summed up more sim...Ah, very true I think it can be summed up more simply as selfishness. <BR/><BR/>However, this feeling is a product of our evolution, and has helped our kind survive over thousands of years. It comes from our more base and primal instincts formed by the ego and the id.<BR/><BR/>As Richard Dawkins so accurately put it, "Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are each born selfish".<BR/><BR/>In my experiences if someone tells you something that seems too good to be true, it is. There is always an ulterior agenda, something self motivating behind it based on the other persons fears and a sense of pride.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11958451093306965775noreply@blogger.com