Attempts to achieve invulnerability always engender a corresponding vulnerability

Evidence

The message of these myths is that invulnerability is precisely that, a myth. There is always one unforeseen weak point, one flaw. He has felled a dragon but will die from a fallen leaf. The lesson is not only that invulnerability can never be total, but also that any attempt to achieve invulnerability in turn engenders a corresponding vulnerability. It is by grasping Achilles’ body in order to plunge it into the river that Thetis makes it invulnerable and at the same time produces its vulnerable point, which is the spot at which she grasped it. With regard to invulnerability and vulnerability, these two, far from excluding one another, each summon up the other. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 291 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Any attempt to achieve invulnerability engenders a corresponding vulnerability. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 291; Combating an invulnerable-seeming enemy requires finding their hidden weak point; Trust cannot be demanded but only offered through vulnerability (+1 more)

Related

• Any attempt to achieve invulnerability engenders a corresponding vulnerability. (similarity 0.94)
• Combating an invulnerable-seeming enemy requires finding their hidden weak point (similarity 0.88)
• Combat against an invulnerable enemy becomes an inquiry into his body’s flaw (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• Any attempt to achieve invulnerability engenders a corresponding vulnerability. #corroborates (0.95) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 291
• Trust cannot be demanded but only offered through vulnerability #responds-to (0.72)
• Combating an invulnerable-seeming enemy requires finding their hidden weak point #expands (0.70)