The gods deliberately dimmed human vision to prevent equality with themselves

Evidence

In fact, the first people of maize were SO wise — they could see and understand SO much, all the way to the ends of the earth and the heavens — that the gods grew slightly concerned that they were almost too much like the gods themselves. So the gods clouded the people’s vision a little, so that they could no longer see absolutely everything, but only what was near — for it was not right that the created should be the equal of the Creators. And so human beings came to see clearly only what is near to them, and the rest is misty — which is the condition of humankind to this day. — , A Year of World Stories, 10270

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ideological commitment requires willed moral blindness to human suffering; Compulsory acceptance of foundational state myths stunts human intelligence and philosophy. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 535; True equality among people is impossible due to inescapable uniqueness — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 187 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• True equality among people is impossible due to inescapable uniqueness #contradicts (0.80) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 187
• Ideological commitment requires willed moral blindness to human suffering #corroborates (0.75)
• Compulsory acceptance of foundational state myths stunts human intelligence and philosophy. #corroborates (0.60) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 535