1258. The fact that a stronger power can hold its own against a weaker power cannot in any way whatsoever be praiseworthy. It is of course merely the fulfilment of a law of Nature that cannot possibly be broken. "Superiority" must of course always have "inferiority" in its power. That a "David" slays a "Goliath", or a smaller number of soldiers perhaps defeats a larger number, means of course only that "superiority" is then on the side of "David" and the minority. "Superiority" is determined not by bodily proportions or physical number, but solely by the "most favourable conditions". Unless there is a connection with these favourable conditions, there will be absolutely no superiority, and without superiority there will be absolutely no power, and without power there will be absolutely no "victor". A "victor" will thus always be a being that possesses the "most favourable conditions". The fact that, by virtue of these conditions, he can defeat a being or beings that do not possess these conditions, is of course obvious and thereby renders the aura of heroism around every "victor" rather dubious.
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