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Taoism
Lesson 47

Therefore that knowledge which stops at what it does not know, is the highest knowledge.

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Therefore that knowledge which stops at what it does not know, is the highest knowledge.

Source Chuang Tzu, chapter 2, ยง10 ยท ๐Ÿ“– Read the full passage

โœจ To meditate on today

According to Chuang Tzu, wisdom consists in knowing how to stop where thought and words are no longer enough, before what is ineffable (impossible to put into words). Today, when you do not know how to answer a deep question, simply accept not knowing and taste the silence instead of trying to explain everything.

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