Apr 29, 2017

The thinker and thoughts...

Many years ago, I came across a truism that many found upsetting at the time and many found quite liberating. What do you think?

"Thoughts* think the thinker; the thinker does not think thoughts."

I have placed an asterisk after "thoughts" because, as written, the saying is grossly incomplete. Our thoughts include so much more than the explicit, conscious thoughts. Things such as history, biology, kinesthetic palpitations, heredity, language, and more form a deep reservoir from which thought gains its evanescent morphology.


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