Isn't that the sweetest little well-balanced undergraduate-level philosophy of life. -Children of the Mind
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A sarcastic remark dismisses a simple worldview as naive undergraduate philosophy.
- In plain terms
- That is a very simple and naive view of life.
- What can you take from it?
- Simple views of life can be naive.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is a simple truth?
- Is complexity necessary?
Another view
Sometimes simple is useful.
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