Episode 6: The Pros and Cons of Wisdom (Ancient Egypt's Wisdom Literature)
Literature and History
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The One Who Has Been Backed by a Snake Is Afraid of a Coil of Rope
The one who has been bitten by a snake is afraid of a coil of rope. The proverb suggests that our minds are not infallible, but there is a reliable logic to the way we learn from our experiences. And it also suggests that our sensory perceptions are sometimes problematically deceptive.
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