Dec 23, 2023
ββ¦but four centuries before neurochemistry was even thought of, and before any of the touted advances in neurosciences that allegedly gave us a new and better understanding of ourselves, Shakespeare knew something that we are increasingly loath to acknowledge.
There is no technical fix for the problems of humanity.
Those problems, he knew, are ineradicably rooted in our nature; and he atomized that nature with a characteristic genius never since equaled: which is why every time we moderns consult his works, we come away with a deeper insight into the heart of our own mystery.β
β Theodore Dalrymple
#truth#facts#reality#face reality#Theodore Dalrymple#shakespeare#william shakespeare#wisdom#there is nothing new under the sun#ecclesiastes#we need something more than making up new words#the failure of ideology#limits of technique#need something higher#real life#humility#go back to go forward#modernism#wisdom of the elders#go to the roots#mere progress is not truth#new ideas are sometimes bad ideas rejected long ago
