An eccentric person is an individual who shocks society with his extraordinary behavior, bordering on the odd. An eccentric person lives at the border of the norm, her behavior is constantly surprising. From the Latin word "eccentricus" is translated as "deviating from the center." You can often hear about such people that they are "not from our planet." Who are the really eccentric people?
Eccentric: Why are they different?
Don't confuse eccentricity with demonstrativeness. The latter is constantly seeking approval from others. The ostentatiousness never breaks away from reality, in fact, it is only a simulation of eccentricity in order to impress.
A truly eccentric person is natural in his eccentricity. For him, his oddities are quite logical, or rather, for such a person, these are not oddities, but the norm. An eccentric person is a personwhich has the logic of a slightly different format. He has the same sails, motor and wind, but the navigational equipment in his ship works on a completely different principle. Due to the off course, he is constantly being carried in the wrong direction.
An eccentric person is a person who exists on his own. He can always explain his actions. I didn’t take off my coat at the meeting - I’m going to leave soon, I went into the office without knocking - so why knock, the door is still open anyway.
An eccentric character can play both a cruel joke and help in achieving success. Eccentricity helps such people become famous artists, writers, businessmen, politicians, etc. True, there are also clinical variants, for example, quiet and eccentrics unadapted to life. Such people, as a rule, often become patients in psychiatric dispensaries.
The most eccentric people
As already mentioned, eccentric people often achieve recognition. Among the outstanding people, there are many eccentrics.
1. Hetty Green. The strange thing about this woman is that she was an incredible miser. Thanks to her business acumen and frugality, Hetty became the richest woman in the 19th century. Her stinginess knew no bounds: for many years she walked in the same dress, ate the cheapest pies and equipped herself with an office in the bank lobby. Despite her huge fortune (approximately $ 2 billion), this British woman saved until her death.
2. No less eccentric celebrityis the writer Oscar Wilde. In conservative England, he wore very colorful clothes and walked with a lobster on a leash. Unlike Hattie Green Wilde, on the contrary, he flaunted his we alth.
3. In the 18th century, Simeon Ellerton lived, who was famous for striving for ideal physical form to the point of fanaticism. He was very fond of walking long distances. During such walks, he often collected large stones and wore them on his head. As a result, he built a house from these stones, but the habit of carrying stones on his head remained for life.
People have always loved the originals, watching their antics is a lot of fun. An eccentric person is a person who lives the way he wants, without looking back at others. Being a little more original would not hurt many people. The main thing is to be able to “roll back” a little from the center so as not to lose your life axis.
