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Read more older books. There's nothing, at the root, that we're dealing with that hasn't been wrestled with over two thousand years ago. Those guys wrote it dow
by kleer001 5y ago
Read more older books. There's nothing, at the root, that we're dealing with that hasn't been wrestled with over two thousand years ago. Those guys wrote it down.
There are things we know as cliches, all those motivational quotes you don't want to hear anymore. But all those cliches are deeply related to hard fought wisdom. Learn to make that translation.
- muzani 5y agoThe cliches are usually the words without the context. And often wrongly interpreted context. Most of the time when someone attacks a philosophy, it was addressed in the original book, but the people who promote this philosophy often read a summary of it by someone else rather the original writing itself.
- kleer001 5y agoAyup. Exactly why a good and deep reading of the classics is imperative. This is just the top of the iceberg: https://www.writeraccess.com/blog/sayings-that-don-t-mean-what-you-think/ https://www.writeraccess.com/blog/sayings-that-don-t-mean-wh...