There's something real about what you see

Ibrahim 2022-04-22 07:01:02

Even if the essence of life is not beautiful, it is forced to be beautified by filters in people's eyes because some people, certain things and certain places exist as static objects. At this point, I am reminded of what Romain Rolland said, there is only one true heroism in the world, that is, after recognizing the truth of life, still loving life. Also like Dostoevsky pointed out in "The Brothers Karamazov", it is easy for an independent person to love the whole human being, but it is more necessary to love a specific person; in life, don't love life The meaning is to love the specific life.

After reading it, I can't help but ask, even though each of us lives in a real society, how real do we see it? Its absurdity and beautification cover up how ugly it really is? How does each of us determine whether what we see is pure truth?

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Se7en quotes

  • William Somerset: If we catch John Doe and he turns out to be the devil, I mean if he's Satan himself, that might live up to our expectations, but he's not the devil. He's just a man.

  • William Somerset: [Reading from one of John Doe's journals] On the subway today, a man came up to me to start a conversation. He made small talk, a lonely man talking about the weather and other things. I tried to be pleasant and accommodating, but my head hurt from his banality. I almost didn't notice it had happened, but I suddenly threw up all over him. He was not pleased, and I couldn't stop laughing.