Ishy realizes he is evil according to the world, but to him it doesn't matter. For he has no need for the term evil, indeed he doesn't believe in it.
If anything, Ishy believes that the cyclic nature of existance provided by the Wheel is evil. But he almost certainly doesn't view himself, or his actions, as evil. He feels no remorse for anything he does.
Did Adolph Hitler think to himself "Yes, what I'm doing is wrong/evil, but it needs to be done nevertheless, so I'll just suck it up and do it."? Of course not. He believed what he was doing was right, and therefore NOT evil. Ishamael is no different.
So he understands why others view him as evil and how repulsive his actions are, but he himself never feels any 'guilt' because he has convinced himself that, at the end of the day, human perceptions such as 'good' and 'evil' don't matter and are meaningless.
I agree that he would consider any distinction between good and evil ultimately meaningless. But I don't think that's why he doesn't consider himself evil, and doesn't feel any guilt/remorse for what he does. He doesn't consider himself evil, and doesn't feel guilt or remorse, because he believes in his cause to such a singular extent that he is devoid of concern towards anything else, be it societal, social, etc. Other humans are simply tools to him - means to an end - and if he occasionally has to destroy those tools, so be it. That's what you do to tools that fail you, you get rid of them and get new ones that function better.
Rise and fall, turn the Wheel,
'cause all life is
is really just a circle.
-BHT&tM
'cause all life is
is really just a circle.
-BHT&tM
Ishamael's nature
01/03/2010 05:27:48 PM
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Not a question of intelligence. Rather, a different way of thinking...
01/03/2010 07:23:37 PM
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I'd go with this - he lost sight of the forest for enumerating the trees.
01/03/2010 08:21:39 PM
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I agree, except with your statement on what Ishamael's area of expertise is ...
02/03/2010 03:17:13 PM
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Which makes him the most evil of the Forsaken... or the least evil
02/03/2010 04:38:06 PM
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Are you saying that philosophers are inherently more intelligent than other academics?
02/03/2010 04:53:13 PM
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Crap
02/03/2010 08:58:12 PM
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That high IQ should make you realise that I am making the same point you are...
02/03/2010 09:53:59 PM
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Re: Which makes him the most evil of the Forsaken... or the least evil
02/03/2010 05:30:43 PM
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Re: Which makes him the most evil of the Forsaken... or the least evil
02/03/2010 06:01:41 PM
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Re: Which makes him the most evil of the Forsaken... or the least evil
07/03/2010 11:31:14 PM
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I doubt that.
08/03/2010 01:21:32 AM
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Re: I doubt that.
08/03/2010 12:41:43 PM
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Yep, I agree.
08/03/2010 05:58:03 PM
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Re: Not a question of intelligence. Rather, a different way of thinking...
02/03/2010 07:22:58 PM
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Re: Ishamael's nature
02/03/2010 01:49:19 AM
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Re: Ishamael's nature
02/03/2010 02:51:44 PM
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Re: Ishamael's nature
02/03/2010 07:31:32 PM
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Found a great theory about Ishamael and his logic on theoryland
02/03/2010 02:48:02 PM
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I have to disagree on one thing, at the very least...
08/03/2010 01:47:47 AM
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Re: I have to disagree on one thing, at the very least...
08/03/2010 12:37:27 PM
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Yes, but Shai'tan himself is outside the Pattern.
08/03/2010 06:23:19 PM
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Re: Yes, but Shai'tan himself is outside the Pattern.
09/03/2010 01:54:26 PM
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Because there is a Creator.
09/03/2010 05:57:16 PM
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faulty assumptions
10/03/2010 05:05:23 AM
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Impossible.
10/03/2010 06:22:43 AM
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maybe an analogy will help
10/03/2010 12:55:37 PM
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But therein lies the problem.
10/03/2010 04:58:42 PM
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your own argument is self defeating
11/03/2010 08:10:36 AM
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No, that past was created after he was imprisoned.
11/03/2010 05:43:08 PM
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*sigh* I guess we will just have to agree to disagree then.... I still think your theory is flawed *NM*
12/03/2010 05:11:10 AM
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Anyway I just realized this point is irrelevant to the original theory
11/03/2010 08:14:20 AM
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