If power was an illusion, wasn't weakness necessarily one also?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- If power is an illusion, weakness might be too.
- In plain terms
- Power and weakness are both subjective views.
- What can you take from it?
- Question if power is truly real.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where does power come from?
- Is weakness real or felt?
Another view
Some structural power exists regardless of perception.
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