{"id":3414,"date":"2015-02-27T14:51:31","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T21:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayharvey.org\/?p=3414"},"modified":"2015-02-27T14:51:31","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T21:51:31","slug":"leonard-nimoy-he-lived-long-and-prospered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayharvey.org\/index.php\/2015\/02\/leonard-nimoy-he-lived-long-and-prospered\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonard Nimoy: He Lived Long and Prospered"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 1975, when Leonard Nimoy was 45-years-old, he wrote a book titled, I Am Not Spock<\/a>.<\/em> <\/p>\n

Some 20 years later, he wrote another book, a follow-up (of sorts), titled I Am Spock<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

One finds oneself strangely heartened by Leonard Nimoy’s eventual acceptance of his iconic status — and the colossal shadow his most famous character cast.<\/p>\n

What accounts for the sheer size of that shadow? <\/p>\n

Answer: Spock represents eternal ideas, timeless themes, and that is why his character — and, for that matter, Star Trek<\/em> — endures and will continue to endure. <\/p>\n

However campy it may (or may not) now seem, Star Trek<\/em> never ceased in its ultimate mission: to explore the question of what it means to be alive and human. <\/p>\n

Gene Roddenberry, the creator of the original Star Trek<\/em> series, was greatly influenced by The Twilight Zone,<\/em> which came right before Star Trek,<\/em> and indeed it was The Twilight Zone<\/em> that popularized the use of science fiction as a vehicle for philosophical ideas. <\/p>\n

From this standpoint, it was an ingenious method for probing the role of reason in human life. <\/p>\n

That, I believe, largely accounts for Spock\u2019s timeless appeal.<\/p>\n

Leonard Nimoy was born March 26th, 1931, in the West End of Boston: Leonard Simon Nimoy, son of Max and Doris Nimoy — both Yiddish-speaking Orthodox Jewish immigrants from Iziaslav, now part of present-day Ukraine — and he is exactly four days younger than his Star Trek<\/em> co-star, William (\u201cCommon People<\/a>\u201c) Shatner.<\/p>\n

He lived long, and he prospered.<\/p>\n

Leonard Nimoy, RIP.
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In 1975, when Leonard Nimoy was 45-years-old, he wrote a book titled, I Am Not Spock. Some 20 years later, he wrote another book, a follow-up (of sorts), titled I Am Spock. One finds oneself strangely heartened by Leonard Nimoy’s eventual acceptance of his iconic status — and the colossal shadow his most famous character … <\/p>\n

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