What can we know, or what can we discern, When error chokes the windows of the mind, The diverse forms of things, how can we learn, That have been ever from our birthday blind?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Error and blindness prevent us from knowing or discerning the true forms of things.
- In plain terms
- Error and blindness stop us from knowing things.
- What can you take from it?
- Mistakes and lack of clarity limit our understanding.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What blocks your understanding?
- Can you truly know anything?
Another view
It assumes total blindness rather than partial or correctable error.
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