Why again a volume on the concept of hero when there are plenty hovering around and so much have been meditated over that any more effort might just appear a repetition of the same? The answer to it can be derived from two sources, one from Joseph Campbell, who has offered much on the given theme, and another from Yuval Noah Harari. The former recounts one of the sayings that his close friend used to extend to him that
the best things can’t be said. The second best are misunderstood. That’s because the second best are using the objects of time and space to refer to transcendence. And they are always misunderstood by being interpreted in terms of time and space. The third best: that’s the conversation. We’re using the third best in order to talk about the first and second best.