The view that ‘One who speaks does not know’ has intrigued me for most of my thinking life. I ran across this D.C. Lao translation in Vietnam, of all places, in the early 60’s. I’ve referred to it many times over the decades in various ways. Indeed, it stands now on the ‘doorstep’ of this site. (See […]
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He Who Speaks Does Not Know, but…
Years ago, I began to notice that I was incapable of truly being in the moment when I was speaking — or even while thinking! When I’m speaking, I’m not reporting from an immediate state of knowing. Rather, I am passing on what I’ve already thought through a bit. Speech references past experiences, if even […]
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