How is this foolish or contradictory? Because if we were not supposed to build great civilizations, reproduce, and shape the world today, we would not have. It is arguable that the "nature" for humans is to build societies and not become hermits. If that was natural, we would be doing it! By preaching it to the public, they are being part of public life. However, I really like their stories. This one is quite similar to the one Goddess posted, but this one is a little more specific. We went over these in our lit. class.