THE ROAR / In San Marino they have the Aristotle complex
As Prof Elso Serpentini taught – who actually did much more for Teramo than he wrote -, Aristotle, a pupil of Plato, is undoubtedly one of the greatest philosophers of all. His thought and doctrine are so important to philosophy and the human and biological sciences even today.
For his critique of Plato and a basis of some episodes of ancient history, some began to speak of “Aristotle’s complex ”to refer to all those people who are convinced that they are better than others and that they are always right. In San Marino (as in the world) they have the Aristotle complex. It is not a disorder defined as such in psychology. More than anything else, it is a set of characteristics that popular culture has recognized as “complex”, in a colloquial way. Basically Aristotle’s complex describes those people who, by virtue of their money, are convinced that they are always right. Do I have money? I’m right. Pecunia non olet. If I have the money and you don’t, it means I’m better than you. I have done. Not you. It doesn’t matter if you’ve made up your mind and always keep your back straight or your forehead high. If you don’t have the money, you’re not worth it.
The main characteristic of those who have the Aristotle complex is that they are not aware of it; the person does not realize that he is becoming “not very nice” and even a simple “disturbance” interprets it in a different way.
Those who have the Aristotle complex have the obsession of wanting to overcome others by launching into long disputes, with no other purpose than to open up to be “more”, to unleash a controversy, useless and perhaps even in public.
In the case of the Aristotle complex, the underlying problem is a great insecurity, almost a kind of unexcavated adolescence. This attitude, sometimes very annoying for adults, is a way that these subjects use to build and to reaffirm their identity. The Aristotle complex is a problem of self-esteem or, if you like, of narcissism: the less others like them, the more they want to be liked. All that remains is to buy this “grade”, perhaps among the many on “sale”.
These people want to trample on other ways of seeing reality, because they fear them; prop that endanger their point of view, for this they become “incapable”.
- If you buy a team with your money, you think you have also bought the hearts of the fans.
- If you buy a team with your money, you think you’ve bought their sympathy too.
- If you buy a team with your money, you think you’ve also bought the history and soul of the city.
- If you buy a team with your money, you think you’ve bought respect too.
- If you buy a team with your money, you think you have erased everything, even the facts, even the pain.
- Those affected by this complex do not know that they will never have what they are looking for in that place.
- Ridentem dicere verum quid vetat? What forbids telling the truth while laughing (Horace).
PS – To find out what I have done in life, just organize a two-way live broadcast on a local TV. But if once, once, I cleaned a sick person’s poop or fed a child, I did a lot more than you, sir.