Ian HackingThe best reaction to a paradox is to invent a genuinely new and deep idea.
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The best reaction to a paradox is to invent a genuinely new and deep idea. Thomas Merton’s insight, “The best reaction to a paradox is to invent a genuinely new and deep idea,” ties together Socrates’s “Know Thyself” and Aristotle’s “Know Thyself.”
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