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> The idea of "yourself" having no knowledge of yourself is an absurdity. But your knowledge of "yourself" is likely to be flawed, and/or to evolve as time goe
by dctoedt 2y ago
> The idea of "yourself" having no knowledge of yourself is an absurdity.
But your knowledge of "yourself" is likely to be flawed, and/or to evolve as time goes on.
As Mark Twain famously said, "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."
- AlbertCory 2y ago> your knowledge of "yourself" is likely to be flawed I see. So your knowledge of other people is better than their knowledge of themselves? And you get to make choices for them? I don't even know what the point of that last quote is supposed to be. Yes, he did say that. So what?
- dctoedt 2y ago> * So your knowledge of other people is better than their knowledge of themselves? And you get to make choices for them?* I don’t understand: Neither of your statements follows from mine. Oh, and sometimes — not always by any means, but sometimes — others do know us better than we know ourselves.