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Useful Ignorance

by scott.tate 22. February 2009 12:55

It is with a mind to constant education and development that myself and Choose to Stay Well Inc. seek to grow.  However, it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that your answer is the final one and that your knowledge surpasses others.

Reading Henry David Thoreau has given me a new perspective on knowledge that would serve us all well if we could be better at leaving ego at the door.  In "Walking"  he writes that "The highest that we can attain is not knowledge but sympathy with intelligence."  He goes on to ask a great question as well and one pertinent even 168 years after its writing, "Which is the best man to deal with: He who knows nothing about a subject, and, what is extremely rare, knows that he knows nothing, or he who really knows something about it but thinks that he knows all?"

In the final analysis it is the person that knows and appreciates that their ignorance is useful that can grow and reach greater heights because they will be sympathetic to the intelligence being imparted to them.

Choose to embrace that you can't know it all, choose to temper knowledge with useful ignorance so that you might always be able to grow and stay well.

 

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