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Thinking
I just watched the ending of National Treasure, starting from the part where they discover the treasure underneath the church. Everytime the gal leans down and sees the scrolls from the Library of Alexandria I get chills up and down my back; what if scrolls had been taken to be protected and then finally found somewhere? That would be awesome beyond words. But while I was thinking about how exciting and wonderful that would be, how is it significant in an eternal light? I mean, they're important, I know (jeepers, do I know) but I was thinking: is it really that important? Maybe I'm off a bit or something, but I just had to put that question out there.
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There are some inanimate objects I can imagine being more important than people. Not that I would let other people die to save them, but I think I would sacrifice myself to save them.
For example, if somebody was about to shoot Michelangelo's Pieta, I would probably try to throw myself in front of the bullet rather than let it be damaged. Because I might survive, but M. will never carve another Pieta. Even if it killed me, I was going to die within a few decades anyway, but the Pieta has the potential to last another 500 years and more, and more people would miss it than would miss me.
That's kind of a utilitarian justification, but I'm not sure it would be okay to sacrifice someone else's life to save the Pieta or what-have-you. I just don't see anything wrong with sacrificing your own if you want. It's not suicide any more than taking a bullet for a person is.
Sorry if that was a bit off topic but it looked like your blog needed some comments. The point was, I don't see why scrolls wouldn't be very important.
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