Jede menschliche Vollkommenheit ist einem Fehler verwandt, in welchen uberzugehn sie droht.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Human perfection is closely tied to error, and the pursuit of perfection can itself become a mistake.
- In plain terms
- Striving for perfection can lead to error.
- What can you take from it?
- Balance ambition with humility.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When does striving for perfection become harmful?
- How can we recognize productive error?
Another view
Some view perfection as an aspirational ideal worth pursuing.
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