Man the Creator
Nature attains perfection, but man never does. There is a perfect ant, a perfect bee, but man is perpetually unfinished. He is both an unfinished animal and an unfinished man. It is this incurable unfinishedness which sets man apart from other living things. For, in the attempt to finish himself, man becomes a creator. Moreover, the incurable unfinishedness keeps man perpetually immature, perpetually capable of learning and growing.
Reflections on the Human Condition by Eric Hoffer. Harper & Row, New York, 1973. p 3
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i recall reading some of Hoffer's work many years ago; as i remember i thought he was somewhat overly optimistic...
Brings to mind the Hero's Quest, though the story version of that always has a tidy ending.
Eric Hoffer was on something like a "Hero's Quest" his whole life.
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