The fluctuations of certainty, the change Of degrees of perception in the scholar's dark.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Scholars experience shifting levels of certainty and perception in difficult times.
- In plain terms
- Knowledge and certainty change degrees for those seeking truth.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept uncertainty as part of learning.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When has your certainty shifted?
- What does your intellectual dark look like?
Another view
It might undervalue moments of clear certainty.
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