experience and reason

[cheechcaballero]

"Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than wisdom acquired."

Read that lil bit from Joseph Roux earlier, and it helped me get to a point, which is- I hope to blog more this year. I hadn't done much lately. Most of the time, I feel stagnant... or dumb. I didn't feel like I had much to add to the conversation. Some of the time, I

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[superflashgo]

"Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than wisdom acquired."

...ewww...

Thats really depressing. But also quite true. Maybe that's why it's depressing.

VERY pretty music btw!

[cheechcaballero]

I didn't find it depressing. I think it says wisdom is attainable if you just use your experience/ memory/ logic to prevent irrational, unproductive paths.

One can ALWAYS better themself actively, through learning... knowledge versus wisdom. I don't think Roux excludes that at all.