What makes a human a fool?
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March 7th, 2009
I dont really know what to say, considering myself a fool from ridiculous actions. i want more input on this
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A fool refuses to admit that they might be wrong. Worse, a fool knows that they are wrong, and refuses to change.
What makes a human a fool?
Simply this:
“A promise is a comfort for a fool.”
“Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.”
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
—William Shakespeare
What makes a human a fool is when that human does things that are wrong, and thinks he or she can get away with it.
I consider myself a fool…and yes it has generally been because of love
other than that…it’s my clumsiness
A lot of things, in my opinion.
1. Following a crowd of any kind without thoroughly questioning it.
2. Jumping to conclusions.
3. Wasting time trying to please tons of people with one uniform decision.
4. Wasting anything that isn’t renewable.
5. Selfishness.
6. As many have mentioned, love.
and many more!
Repeating the same mistake and expecting a different outcome.
technically, the laws in the tradition of foolery have been described thusly: “fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me.” so, let’s dive in for a deeper understanding and see what we can learn from this age old wisdom.
clearly, according to these rules the first instance of foolery left the fool as an innocent, a victim of happenstance. however, the repetition of the foolery is when culpability falls onto him. so, firstly, a fool is someone in a bad circumstance. secondly, since the law is written with both an example of innocent foolery and guilty foolery, it seems clear that the bad circumstance may or may not be the fool’s fault. and lastly, we learn that guilt is always attributed to the fool if the same thing happens twice.
in conclusion, fools are miserable buggers. And they come in two flavors: some are cursed while others are damned. truly, in our day to day interaction with these individuals we would want to deal with them mercifully, life is hard enough on them as it is without our negative contribution.
I think a fool is someone who knows what they’re missing… is aware of their ignorance… but chooses to do nothing about it.
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