Omnis cum in tenebris praesertim vita laboret.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Life labors in darkness especially.
- In plain terms
- Existence is hardest without understanding.
- What can you take from it?
- Ignorance makes life harder than it needs to be.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What darkness do you face?
- How does knowledge help?
Another view
Some suffering persists even with knowledge.
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