Idk, I just started reading his biography and it's got me thinking...
He was 50 when he died. The French revolution was 4 years young when he was assassinated. But he wasn't a revolutionary for the 26 years before that.
He was "just" a scientist. I mean I'm sure he held this or that revolutionary idea, but his life is essentially defined by his shadow, the shadow of those last 4 years.
I think he would like that. I mean, I don't think he liked getting stabbed, but he devoted his last years entirely to the revolutionary cause.
It just...makes me think. How such a short period of time can define a person. I mean, how would we see Lenin if he died before the Russian revolution? How would we see Gramsci if he led an Italian revolution?
How many more Marats are out there? How many Marats lie dormant and in wait? And how are we defined? Will I be defined by how I die? By what I do? By how others love or hate me?
I don't have any answers to these questions, I'm just thinking is all.
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Another interesting hypothetical: how much more favorably would Mao be viewed if he either died or retired at 60?
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Thinking about Marat again
Idk, I just started reading his biography and it's got me thinking...
He was 50 when he died. The French revolution was 4 years young when he was assassinated. But he wasn't a revolutionary for the 26 years before that.
He was "just" a scientist. I mean I'm sure he held this or that revolutionary idea, but his life is essentially defined by his shadow, the shadow of those last 4 years.
I think he would like that. I mean, I don't think he liked getting stabbed, but he devoted his last years entirely to the revolutionary cause.
It just...makes me think. How such a short period of time can define a person. I mean, how would we see Lenin if he died before the Russian revolution? How would we see Gramsci if he led an Italian revolution?
How many more Marats are out there? How many Marats lie dormant and in wait? And how are we defined? Will I be defined by how I die? By what I do? By how others love or hate me?
I don't have any answers to these questions, I'm just thinking is all.
Another interesting hypothetical: how much more favorably would Mao be viewed if he either died or retired at 60?