To whom the words belong, everything is known in comparison. "Everything is known in comparison" (brief theory of relativity). But compared to the "Rock" it does not seem so big anymore.
We are compared when choosing. When we make a choice, we also compare. How to find out who is the best runner? Arrange a race and compare the results. How to find out who is the most effective seller? We need to compare sales. How to find out which girl is more beautiful? Compare them all to a beauty pageant.
They started comparing me from childhood. Although it is at least not pedagogical. Often the comparison is expressed in such innocent phrases as: “Why are you walking around like an idiot? There Petka, look, he always walks tucked and tidy” or “You always find dirt somewhere, Lyoshka always walks clean”. And we hear reproaches in which the comparison is hidden, first of all from the closest people, dads, moms, grandfathers and grandmothers. Why else listen to opinions, if not theirs? It seems a shame for the reproaches, but you still look at both Petka and Lyosha, and compare yourself with them.
This is how, from the very childhood, the seed of “comparison” gets into us, and then it gives abundant shoots.
School. There's a 5-point grading system for easier comparison of all students. And the teacher, who initially has great authority for the child, continues in the spirit of comparison and sets an example of an excellent student: “Here is not a single mistake in the entire text! And you?".
Then we ourselves begin to compare ourselves with others.
It is clear that the principle of comparison in a person, and in me in particular, lies in the depths of the subconscious and is one of the “windows” through which I see the world around. I don't just compare, I look at the world this way. It shows up in everything. When you are going to make a purchase, you compare different models of a phone, laptop or car, compare their prices.
When I studied at the institute, it was the comparison with the people around me that prompted me to make serious changes in my life. I looked at some of my acquaintances and thought: “No, I definitely don’t want to live like that!”. It's just so much easier. Because for a loved one there will always be concessions and indulgences, but for others it is easier to notice shortcomings, weaknesses, or vice versa strengths. Sometimes there is simply not enough honesty with oneself and the courage to admit to oneself one's weakness. But with another, you always “find a speck in your eye, not noticing the log in yourself ...”.
Even in other people, we are most often annoyed by what is in ourselves, we just don’t notice it behind ourselves.
But even after setting the most successful of all my friends as an example, I came to the conclusion that comparing myself with others is not enough. Too mundane comparisons are obtained. You can, of course, try to compare yourself with world-class stars. But what do I know about their life, except for the bullshit that I read on the Internet or magazines? Nothing.
Therefore, I came up with one tricky thing, which may not be new at all, but I will voice it. You need to stop comparing yourself to others and start comparing yourself to yourself. Just do not compare yourself with the past, but create the desired image of yourself in the future. To do this, you need to come up with this image in your head and, for clarity, describe it in words on paper, draw it, mold it from clay, make a computer model ... In general, here, who is on what much. And strive for this image, constantly comparing yourself with it, and not with others.
Is the top half darker than the bottom? Close the connecting line between them with your finger.
When it came to creating an image of myself, the first thing I thought about was the car I would drive, the apartment I would live in, my physical appearance, a beautiful wife, my position in society, and so on. But for some reason, I didn't write it all down. Probably due to the fact that I have already done this many times, writing it down in the form of goals.
It's been a couple of weeks. And I settled on a completely clear position. Everything that is external in life, it itself will be applied as needed. Much more important are internal changes and personality traits. Therefore, go ahead, “back to the future”, draw an image of yourself (if you can really draw an artist).
Here are a few basic qualities and characteristics that I wrote down for myself. All of them relate to the same desired image.
Energy. I have a lot of energy, I can extract it from situations, get it from people, and even from space. I do not splash it around, but spend it on achieving specific goals in my life.
Confidence. I am confident in myself, in what I am doing and in the future. I make my decision without hesitation.
Cheerfulness. The life that nature has given me is the greatest of all miracles. I am happy with this gift.
Persistence. I get what I want. I bring the business to its logical conclusion.
Communication. One of the most important parts of life. In communication with people, I gain new knowledge, exchange experience, expand my worldview, get new ideas. Based on this position, I communicate only for my own benefit.
So, my friends, comparison is not just a habit. Therefore, you don't need to get rid of it. Just stop comparing yourself with others, exchanging for envy or discontent, start comparing yourself with yourself. With the way you want to see yourself.
P.S. After reading, in the comments, add one or more items to this list, from yourself.
Name. Intellectual exercise "Everything is known in comparison"
purpose.
Development of skills and habits to compare different kinds of objects, phenomena.
Our thinking has such a basic operation - comparison. Anything is compared: people, food, business situations, philosophical and religious teachings, cars... For example, even entire epochs are compared ("In Soviet times it was like this, but now it is like this...") or science (" But it seems to me that physics is more interesting than mathematics, it is more vital ... "). You can even compare your own feelings with each other ("When I meet Ivan Ivanovich, I feel ... And when Pyotr Petrovich, then ...").
With the help of comparison, you can comprehend, if not everything, then a lot. And here it is important that you can significantly develop your intelligence by improving the quality of the comparison operation. This is not at all difficult to do: you just need to master a few simple rules, fixing them in practice.
1. Compare in a sporty way. Let things be compared that are approximately in the same "weight category". You should not compare your boss with the ideal leader, the former will always lose. When two boxers meet in the ring, they don't say: "Ivan Ivanovich is in the blue corner of the ring and black shorts, and the perfect boxer is in the red corner of the ring and a tuxedo." You can, of course, compare Kant's categorical imperative and last year's snow, but the result of this comparison will be something like a poetic metaphor, and you need result, that is, some useful knowledge, conclusions, attitude.
2. Compare objectively. This point is closely related to the previous one. In fact, a professional sports referee tries to distract himself as much as possible from his own attitude towards athletes, evaluates them according to a standard algorithm. Arbitrators are also different, but still - it seems - none of them said: "Ivanov won, because I like him." So you, so as not to compare - compare objectively.
3. Use criteria. Again, this point is related to the sports metaphor. When two boxers enter the ring, they have a match. There has never been - like - such that two boxers were called into the ring and one was immediately declared the winner, without a fight. Similarly, the intelligent comparison operation consists of a race. And usually this competition consists in the fact that two objects are compared according to a system of criteria. When choosing dumplings, you can focus, for example, on: price, taste (based on past experience), protein content, calorie content, aesthetic appearance. Some criteria are more important, some less. Ideally, when comparing, it is better to use correction factors (significance factors). But in the mind, without paper, it is difficult to do this. You can simply take a few basic criteria, discarding the secondary ones.
4. Strive for clear result. Do not stretch the comparison in time indefinitely. Once you start comparing, don't stop. Again, if you go back to boxing, it doesn't happen that a boxer or a referee stops a fight and says: "Okay, I don't like the way the fight is going today. Let's continue tomorrow." And at the end there should be a clear verdict: "So... on the question of which dumplings to buy today... Dumplings in blue packaging are a little more expensive, but they have a much higher protein content, and therefore, most likely, there is also more meat. I will buy better them" or "So ... on the question of how the lyrics differ in popular, rap and rock music ... In popular music, it is usually sung about love. In rap - about feeling one's own coolness. In rock - about problems, social or personal."
The result of the comparison can be not only quantitative (“Juice is healthier than beer”), but also qualitative (“Juice differs from beer in a high content of vitamins and useful microelements, but beer contains alcohol, to which I am addicted”). When obtaining a qualitative result, criteria are also used, although not always explicitly (“Health is important to me, so I evaluate drinks according to their benefits”).
So, the ideal comparison is 1) athletic, 2) objective, 3) criterial, 4) efficient. This does not mean at all that any comparison should be turned into a long and tedious routine. This does not mean that there is some kind of universal, general comparison algorithm. It only means that you - from time to time - need to ask yourself questions like these:
And when I was choosing where to go to study, did I compare universities in a sporty way?
And was I objective when I chose my husband?
Why didn't I use criteria when choosing a new phone, but just trust the seller that this phone is the best?
I spent the whole day comparing these models of dresses, but I did not come to an unequivocal conclusion. Why?
As an exercise, try comparing:
Usefulness for the body of pears and apples,
The effectiveness of male and female leaders,
Your feelings for two different (but somewhat similar) people,
Russian and English languages.
Try to draw some conclusions from this experience, write them down.
Compare often, compare a lot, compare everything.
1. Intellectual exercise "Everything is known in comparison" [Electronic resource] // A. Ya.. 16.01.2013..html (16.01.2013).
About the site
"Everything is known in comparison" Nietzsche.
Welcome to the comparison site-questionnaire site
Comparative site-questionnaire site will help you compare things, phenomena, objects, organizations, various products.Comparison site questionnaire site will help you answer questions such as "Which is better?", "What to choose?", "What do you like?", "What to use?", "Where is better?" "Which is worse?" etc. Search engines help us find the information we need. Here you can always compare what you have found
You can always create the necessary comparison yourself,
The Veralline questionnaire website will help you find out the pros and cons, advantages and disadvantages, find out what was previously unknown about those things and phenomena that were not paid attention to before.
Veralline makes you think, reflect, compare, but it also saves time, as all comparisons and surveys are collected in one place.
Veralline can also be fun, a section was created specifically for this, it compares things that cannot be compared in real life.
Free surveys are attached to every comparison on the Veralline website. Polls are needed in order to quickly find out the opinion of the majority of people. Voting is unlimited, so each object of comparison can become a leader, overtake others listed in the survey.
Online voting, as already mentioned above, can be held on any topic, you can make a comparison on a serious topic, or you can just on the topic that is interesting.
You can express your opinion, or read the opinions of other people in the comments. In case of detection of some error, or misrepresentation of facts, you need to write to the author, or in
At the age of 15, when I was still at school, I met a nice guy who attracted me with his attention. He was not handsome, a little taller than me. We met for a long time - three and a half years. But now it's - ex-boyfriend.
Since I was only 15 years old and he was 18, at first we only had a platonic relationship for a long time. Then we got close for the first time. Apparently I was not ripe for such a relationship, so further intimate moments of joy did not bring me. He was afraid to tell everything. I was afraid to offend him.
In addition, I liked his attitude towards me. He was caring, not rude, he loved me. And apparently I don't. I realized such an important fact only after we parted. But before the breakup, there was a lot more, including constant tears and scandals.
After a year of relationship, my ex-boyfriend was drafted into the army. For a moment I thought I loved him. Well, most likely, it was just a pity and scary to let him go nowhere. Of course, I promised to wait for him. And I waited. She waited faithfully, wrote letters, my mother and I collected and sent him parcels with chocolates and other joys. I have a good relationship with his parents. We called each other, I went to visit them. In a word, for two years she was like a "faithful husband's wife."
It should be noted that at that time I was only 16 years old. Dreams of a future and happy life with him did not leave me. Until I went to college.
There I met a girl. We studied by correspondence in a neighboring city and went to sessions. Naturally, they lived together and told each other all the innermost secrets.
She was also 17 years old, she was dating a boy three years older than her. And often we had conversations about relationships. She told me how they went on vacation together, how they communicate with their parents and other little things. After thinking a little, I realized that I had never had such a relationship with my boyfriend. I started to envy her, and then I decided that when my beloved comes from the army, we will all follow the same scenario. Here it is worth clarifying that there was nothing paradoxical and extraordinary in their relationship. They just treated each other with love and soul. They enjoyed their time together.
Here came my young man from the army. Having hugged and kissed him, I did not feel that pull, that happiness that I expected from his arrival. I was angry with myself, I did not want to betray him after two years that we were apart. And he, apparently feeling my attitude, also began to move away from me. I started going out with friends more and more. I often stayed with a friend to spend the night, and I sat at home and shed tears. Now I understand that I myself brought this relationship to such an outcome of events.
Having “tormented” together for six months, I decided to part with him. Of course, then I thought that he was the culprit. Resentment filled his eyes.
A week later, I found out that he started dating a girl. A week later, details of his adventures on the side began to emerge. And five months later, I learned from a mutual friend that he got married and would soon become a dad. Here's how.
Having cried a little from the same resentment, I began to understand myself. It seemed to me that there was something wrong with me, that I was so callous and cold, incapable of love, and, therefore, nobody needed me.
But my torment was not long. I met my husband. When we first met, I enjoyed talking to him. It was interesting and tempting with him. And he, as it turned out later, fell in love with me at first sight. When I got married, I again thought that I was only allowing myself to be loved. That I feel only respect for my husband. But now, after analyzing the whole situation and going through several difficult moments, I realized that I love my husband. I was convinced of this only when I projected the difficulties that had arisen and their resolution on past relationships. What would my ex-boyfriend and failed husband do? I looked at myself from the outside and realized that I would not be able to give the former those feelings and the warmth that I now give to my husband.
Therefore, we can conclude that then I really did not love. And the right decision was made to leave. He is now happy with his wife and daughter, and with his husband and son. Still, it's good that I have such experience behind me. I don't regret it at all.
This is one of those scientists who rejected scholasticism and brought to the fore the power of their own mind, and not the statements of old books. The saying: "I think, therefore I am" - also belongs to this thinker. If before him the main source of knowledge was faith, then the scientist-philosopher develops the concept of reason as an instrument of knowledge.
Folk wisdom?
Other sources, challenging this statement, unanimously root the folklore origins of the popular quotation. If we accept the fact that this is what it is best explained by the classic parable "Get a goat, drive out the goat." The hero of the story prayed to the Almighty to expand his living space, he advised the unfortunate man to purchase a restless animal and also place it in the house along with his family. After a year of torment, the man returned to God with a single request - to ease suffering. And when, according to new instructions, he drove the cattle out of the dwelling into the yard, the man was incredibly happy and thanked the Creator. After all, without a goat it became not only calm, but also spacious! The meaning of this legend is that silence and tranquility are perceived as a much greater value after the turmoil than before it. That's really - everything is known in comparison! By the way, this simple technique is often used by the “powerful ones”: they take everything they can from the people, and then return it bit by bit, so they immediately become good.
Comparison is a tool of the mind
The phrase “everything is known in comparison” means, first of all, that some signs of an object or phenomenon that are not obvious can be made visible or cognizable in the case when a similar feature is absent from the object with which the comparison is made.
The words: "Im Gegenüber, im anderen Menschen, erkennt nun der Mensch den (individuellen) selben Willen", said Schopenhauer. This means that, comparing himself with other people, each person sees not them, but a reflection of his own will and personality. Therefore, identification will never even allow one to get closer to the truth, since a subjectively thinking individual is not able to give an objective assessment of this or that quality. Any comparison should have its own coordinate system, which is used to measure the presence of a particular quality to a greater or lesser extent. It is not surprising that the intersection of the x-axis and the y-axis was also invented by Descartes. Comparison is a tool, not a moral category, and one must be able to use it.
"Everything is known in comparison": Nietzsche and his vision of the meaning of the statement
Everyone remembers Friedrich Nietzsche from the time of the first year of higher education.
Ex-students roughly imagine that he is a theorist of free will and the dominance of the personal over the public, but no one will give a direct answer to the question of why the philosopher said: “Everything is known in comparison.” And did he say that? Zarathushtra is silent. This wise man has another equally interesting quote: “I do not trust all taxonomists and avoid them. The will to the system is a lack of honesty. Systematics is also a tool of knowledge. Intuitive Nietzsche is not ready to talk about pure reason and working with its apparatus, so the quoted phrase, most likely, has nothing to do with the great thinker.
In any case, it is the catchphrase mentioned above that can help justify the layman’s refusal of some traditional values (family, homeland) and, in response to the question “why”, say: “But it’s more convenient for me. After all, everything is known in comparison.” It's quite possible to attribute it to a German author as well, and there's no need to mentally send Nietzsche to Solovki, he hardly knew what different readers would do with his name.
How to Know the Truth
Is it possible to say: "Truth is known in comparison"? More likely no than yes. Knowledge is subject to the presence of an object of one or another quality, and the truth, as the ecumenical patriarch Athenodorus said, is not one characteristic, but the totality of their infinite multitude.
So, the pure truth cannot be found by direct search. There will be its shades, reflections, slips of the tongue, remnants. Even the answer to the simple question of who was the first to say that everything is known in comparison cannot be obtained using today's tools of knowledge. Modern book sources, for example, tend to attribute this phrase not even to Nietzsche, but to Confucius, and it is possible that he had a similar quote, and if it is translated correctly, then we can say that this statement also has Chinese roots.
Today's perception of the maxim
Our time is the time of know-nothings and know-it-alls who are looking for the truth by comparing different brands of cars. The concept of identification only as a tool of knowledge is not quoted. Now the phrase "everything is known in comparison" usually adorns shops or restaurants, hotels. Mercantile time, mercantile quotes.