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Episode 102: Emerson on Wisdom and Individuality

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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The Circles Are Ever Increasing Wisdom

It's about being able to think even taboo thoughts, not letting your mind be hemmed in by what seem to be the most obvious morals of the day. And and you may confirm that the things that you thought were sacred and right are sacred and right. But you have to be willing to question them. So ultimately, it looks like this progression is progressive. It looks like the circles are ever increasing wisdom. I'm just trying stuff. Not as if i pretended to settle anything as true or false. I unsettle all things. No facts to me are sacred, none are profane. I simply experiment, an endless seeker with no past at my back.

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