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Good for Pythagoras. But according to George Harrison "the farther one travels the less one knows". (Apparently he was quoting Laozi)
by leftyted 7y ago
Good for Pythagoras. But according to George Harrison "the farther one travels the less one knows".
(Apparently he was quoting Laozi)
- melling 7y agoSure, you’ll know much more than before you left but realize how little you actually know compared to how much there is to know. Harrison said it better but it seems to be confusing? Me being explicit probably didn’t help.
- leftyted 7y agoI see the statement as making the case for an idealist philosophical perspective. I.e. the subject that we're really exploring is the human mind, not the universe. Of course you don't have to agree with that. To me it seems clear that we can explore the universe, or at least get real close. But it's easy to see the value of an anthropocentric perspective. At the end of the day we're stuck being human.