Edutainment+2029+-+Spock+-+Leonard+Nimoy's+Legacy

With the recent passing of the universally beloved Leonard Nimoy, it is only fitting to reflect on his legacy. Initially denouncing his fans' obsession with his character, Nimoy quickly came to embrace the character that he had so carefully crafted.

Leonard Nimoy himself is responsible, to a large degree, for the personality and mannerisms of Mr. Spock. This included the Vulcan salute accompanying the greeting "Live Long and Prosper" and his characteristic raised eyebrow to dispassionately show the emotion of surprise or doubt. So resonant was Spock's personality with Trekkies that they demanded more of Spock at each phase of Star Trek's evolution.

Spock's personality was continually counterbalanced with that of Kirk and McCoy. What we come to discover is that a truly balanced human needs all three personalities: Spock's logic, McCoy's demands for human empathy, and Kirk's boldness and confidence, which were often characterized by irrational and dispassionate behavior. The three characters clearly grew personally through their mutual friendship. Of the three characters, though, Nimoy's meticulously rendered embodiment of Spock stood out as the purest blend of all three personalities.

Despite McCoy's frustrated outbursts, Spock was clearly the character that we should aspire to learn from. Trekkies came to understand this deeply.

Not even an eyebrow would be raised when Kirk eulogized Spock in //Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan//, with these words: "Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most...human."

A really famous line that Leonard Nimoy delivered as Spock was in //Star Trek: The Original Series// ("The Galileo Seven"): "[T]here are always alternatives." Similar to Kirk's attitude about the unwinnable Kobayashi Maru test, that he reprograms to win, it's a driving force throughout //The Original Series//. Furthermore, it's a critical principle of America 2029.

May we all continue to learn from Leonard Nimoy's Spock.

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