A Squire’s Trial

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- Everything is up to ourselves really, I can understand that.
But are you saying that those who fail in their attempts, fail because
they are “inferior”?
- Not exactly, I was actually saying that maybe if someone
fails at something, it is because it is just not their lot to begin
with and they are lying to themselves. Obviously, this is not
the case a hundred percent of the time, but the old formula is
true: might makes right. The greatest people came into their
own because they overcame obstacles no matter what because
they were superior, they had the might to do these things, an
inherent quality that made them capable. Compare that to
people who get all the support, boosts and hands up in the
world, yet still fail – because it is simply not their lot to aspire
to great things.
- I do see what you are saying, but I don’t think it can really
be so cut and dry.
- Allow me then to illustrate this point as well – it should reveal
to you the actual nature of inferiority, and why inferior
people are as they are. Consider fat people: do you think the
human body is supposed to be fat?
- Well, certainly not supposed to be, but it can grow fat.
- Indeed it can, which means the human body can change in
certain ways up to a certain point; it has its limitations. Consider
the human body on its own, devoid of personality, just a
biological structure, a tool through which you interact with the
world. In this sense, the human body is universally the same
for all people; what is true of the human body is true for any
person’s body, barring some deformities and hereditary diseases.
The only particular variations that exist in the body are