You cannot go on 'explaining away' for ever: you will find that you have explained explanation itself away. You cannot go on 'seeing through' things for ever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it.

C.s. Lewis
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If you seek to understand the world around you through reason or logic, you will eventually come to a point where you cannot continue. To be honest, the word "explain" is one that should not be used when trying to understand anything in life. A person who seeks to understand everything with reason cannot move forward. Instead, they continually fall back on themselves and try to explain away each new fact or discovery with something else.

The idea of seeing with your eyes is very important. You must use your senses to see through things. Lacking the ability to see through something is like looking at a piece of artwork through a glass pane.

Your eyes can only see so much before they become tired and strained.

Source: The Abolition Of Man

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