• MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    What if someone IS unique, though? I would consider Socrates unique. He was so determined, stubborn, and self-assured of his belief that he was a clueless fool that he was willing to die for it. What if someone is a once-a-generation brilliant mind or psychological anomaly? What if someone has a schizospectrum disorder and experiences a reality nobody else lives in?

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      3 months ago

      I’d argue that’s not a unique person, but a unique skill of an ordinary person. Interacting with Socrates as a person probably wouldn’t have been extraordinary but experiencing his unique ideas for the time would have.

      • VulKendov@reddthat.com
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        3 months ago

        I’d argue that unique skills, experiences, and relationships are what make people unique.