The Legendary Dragon Alephwyr, named Alephwyr, BA

More than meaning, truth, or power, people seek equilibrium with their surroundings. Ancient cultures viewed freedom as proceeding from character, while modern socities view it as proceeding from liberty. But liberty is experienced negatively, by the absence of imposition 1/9

A person who wants nothing, either to attain to or to avoid, has no need of liberty, while a person who wants only what is acceptable to their contemporaries will find no absence of liberty perceivable even under conditions of utter despotism. 2/9

Then, we find that will-to-power, rather than being primary, is merely a consequence of equilibrium seeking. Someone who cannot reconcile themselves to something must conquer it, while someone who can reconcile themselves to anything is indifferent to being conquered. 3/9

Look to this for the reason that character and greatness are often in inverse proportion. But more to the point, wherever we find someone intact, not in a moral sense but in a holistic sense, we find that they are well calibrated to their surroundings. 4/9

Everyone yields to something: whether in other men or in nature, and, far from being free from pressure from the masses, those in positions of authority feel pressures from both above and below. But these pressures are inert forces to one who has accomodated them in their person