The notion of superiority
The Flâneur feels superior to most people, but he would never actually express this.
… without using aporia, that is.
Indeed, I’ll never write about my privileged sensibility, my wit, or the base tastes of the masses, neither would I discuss, in any company, the disdain I feel for most of that which surrounds me.
To do so would, of course, be base in and of itself. And, quite frankly, I aspire to a higher order.
But I’d never discuss this either. So keep hunting for that which defines me.
March 26, 2009 at 2:43 am
It is sometimes good to feel superior, but it is also good sometimes to feel inferior. Feelings of superiority help to overcome restrictions and improve self-esteem, while feelings of inferiority helps to develop wisdom and forethought. Although I don’t advice to obsess too much with either because you could turn into an megalomaniac or a martyr.