Original artwork, not a still
Disobedience is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker argues that defying authority is humanity's founding virtue rather than a flaw. Progress, in this view, comes from refusing to obey and from outright rebellion, not from compliance. The line turns the usual moral ranking upside down, praising the rebel over the obedient.
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