Life As An Inferior Being
The meekness of humans is really another one of those mind-boggling thoughts of humanity when one looks at how far we, as a civilization, have come. Inventions, technology, our way of living (heck our standards of living) have all improved since man’s creation (no matter which side of science you believe). However, in all the glory of how far we have come, humans can tend to think a little too highly of themselves and forget that when you really focus on the quirks of mankind we really ought to be humbled. Amongst many thoughts that Pascal presents to his readers in his Pensées this is one of them. He states “…but since we are greater than the little things, we think we are more capable of fathoming them”(Pascal 69). Humans by believing they are superior to other smaller, non reasoning beings think we are able to fully understand everything about them and their function in society. And that thought alone can lead to humans creating a disposition about themselves where they belie...