You may not be interested in the dialectic, but the dialectic is interested in you.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Even if you ignore dialectics, reality and change will still affect you.
- In plain terms
- You cannot escape change and reality.
- What can you take from it?
- Reality affects you regardless of your interest.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does reality shape us?
- Why avoid dialectics?
Another view
Some may successfully ignore these concepts.
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