AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
6min chapter
Mark Lilla: Yearning for Questions S1 E16
Meditations with Zohar
The Cave Allegory - It's Not Better to Be in the Cave Than Inside the Cave
In plato's cave allegory, the standard reading of it is that you want to return to the light. But in mary jane rubenstein's reading she says: 'The point isn't to leave the cave' In a book i'm writing about ignorance and bliss, which means wanting not to know. By being forced to go back down and explain yourself to other people in the dark, your eyes are not accustomed to the dark. And also learn thatthe thing you most have to learn is about human beings. If you are going to somehow help enlightenment. You have to understand why people resist you.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode