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Question: What's the difference between inspiration and delusion!?
Where do you draw the line between someone being inspired to do something and someone being deluded to do something!?
To stave off any semantic nonsense, I am going to define them as following:
delude - to mislead the mind or judgment of
inspire - to influence, move, or guide by divine or supernatural inspiration
delusion - the state of being deluded
inspiration - the state of being inspired
I know the words aren't *exactly* interchangeable due to their rules of conjugation, but try!.
Personally, I think they are two sides of the same coin, and that through the lens of history we cast judgment!. Example: Hitler was deluded, but Lincoln was inspired!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
There is no difference except for the outcome!. If you do something fantastic because of your vision - you were inspired!. If you do something stupid, harmful, or in some way negative - you were deluded!. The words are typically used in the past tense!. also, one person's inspired work could be another's deluded mess!. I could look at Pollack's work and say he was inspired to create that which was different and aggressive!. You could look at the same work and say he was some guy throwing paint on a canvas in some sort of delusional state!. It is very subjective!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
with regard to the definition of inspiration, there is no difference!.!. The "state of", i would argue, being either inspired or deluded is inspired by the divine logos (Plato's definition of the ultimate idea of good having a striking resemblance to God)!. The way the outcome is perceived is where there are differences!. So yeah i agree, for the most part with your statement!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
How i see it, is if someone inspires you, you draw the motivation from them and put it to your own use, weather for good or bad!. When someone disillusions you, they get you to find motivation towards their own use, not yours, weather for good or bad!.
Its less of a fine line and more of a gray area, really depends on the reasons of both parties and the actual acts they commit because of them Www@QuestionHome@Com
Inspiration can result in success, whilst delusion cannot!.Www@QuestionHome@Com