wildflowers1996
Mage
- Oct 14, 2023
- 523
I've been thinking about Plato's theory of opposites
I am wondering if I exist to make others feel good.
If my being ugly makes others feel more attractive.
If my suffering makes some people feel better about their lives. (I once even heard someone say it felt good when they were warm to know others were cold as it made them appreciate it more)
I feel resentful because that's not fair.
But if everyone in the world was equal in every possible way - would anyone be happy? Or do people need to feel "superior" to others in order to be happy? Would everyone just feel extremely unimportant and bored?
In which case, maybe I should just accept being collateral, or maybe it would just be better if no one existed at all
I am wondering if I exist to make others feel good.
If my being ugly makes others feel more attractive.
If my suffering makes some people feel better about their lives. (I once even heard someone say it felt good when they were warm to know others were cold as it made them appreciate it more)
I feel resentful because that's not fair.
But if everyone in the world was equal in every possible way - would anyone be happy? Or do people need to feel "superior" to others in order to be happy? Would everyone just feel extremely unimportant and bored?
In which case, maybe I should just accept being collateral, or maybe it would just be better if no one existed at all