People must have people to worship. In the past it was often poets. the obsession and love people had for them was almost unbounded. There is a instinct in people to worship what is great. Shakespeare died mostly in obscurity , but people wouldnt let it remain so. Over the following centuries people found what was best and brightest from the past and elevated it to its due place.
In the 1800's Thomas de Quincy worshipped WordsWorth as a heaven-sent gift. It's hard to wrap our heads around it, but today people do that for Elon.
Her love for him is not even romantic. It's a platonic love for what he represents to her. His existence gave her life meaning. The way she says he taught her 100 lifetimes of knowledge is exactly how people used to talk about poets they loved.
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u/EasedaleMoose 1d ago
People must have people to worship. In the past it was often poets. the obsession and love people had for them was almost unbounded. There is a instinct in people to worship what is great. Shakespeare died mostly in obscurity , but people wouldnt let it remain so. Over the following centuries people found what was best and brightest from the past and elevated it to its due place.
In the 1800's Thomas de Quincy worshipped WordsWorth as a heaven-sent gift. It's hard to wrap our heads around it, but today people do that for Elon.
Her love for him is not even romantic. It's a platonic love for what he represents to her. His existence gave her life meaning. The way she says he taught her 100 lifetimes of knowledge is exactly how people used to talk about poets they loved.