Chapter 19

Men of even the lowest grade of intellect are capable of joining together different words, and thereby constructing an unambiguous declaration by which to make their explicit thought processes understood. Intelligent judgment relating to the veracity of such proclamations is reasonably subjective to each individual to some degree; unless the inequality of mental capacity is too great. Some men are more capable of being instructed than others, some men parrot others to disingenuously mimic intelligible output, and still other men find greater comfort denying the possibility of the existence of innovative, original knowledge. Wisdom may be cleverly disguised in unassuming packaging; and most definitely is reserved for the few, the deserving, the thoughtful, the hard-thinking, and the attentive.

There may be some men whose peculiar mental limitation compels them to regard new philosophical propositions with fearfulness and mistrust. These types would seemingly rather evade study of the intellectual proposals to discover more and more intricate relations between the lines of reasoning presented. Otherwise they could then sort these relations out with great toil into confident regularities to distinguish whether or not useful knowledge is present. Perhaps scholarly laziness is the motive for this rationality, but then again, it could be a general mistrust of the source of such new information. If one were invited to enjoy an intellectual feast on a gourmet meal, it would be ill-advised to eat this meal on the back seat of a toilet… granted. To a certain degree of sympathetic understanding, consideration of the source of any new information and the manner of its presentment - is justified and valid reasoning.

But if one is able to detect underlying wisdom throughout any new such philosophical proposition, academic consolation should be manifestly obligatory. For is not wisdom itself simple acknowledgement of the nature of things which are unchangeable, immutable laws of human conditions? If one is able to intelligently describe laws of nature and portend a certain vernacular exclusive to a specific, intentional audience – then all will be well. Relax… new, high quality knowledge can only enrich your life, not endanger it.