Ironic that imperfection is a virtue.
Had he lived long enough, no doubt Rilke would have rejected Hitler’s irrational desire for human perfection.
I’ll look out for the film. Thanks for mentioning.
Late Peter Falk starred in it.
Both Nazism and Communism sought to perfect man.
At enormous cost in human suffering. Islam has the same ambition.
Its hard for us to accept perfection isn’t possible.
History is a good teacher about our limitations and we’re happier if we manage to strive for what is good not for what is perfect.