There are two things that I don’t care how smart you are, you will never understand. One is an alienist’s [psychiatrist’s] testimony, and the other is a railroad time table.
Will Rogers (1879-1935) American humorist
Column (1924-08-24), “Weekly Article”
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CASSIUS: Did Cicero say anything?
CASCA: Ay, he spoke Greek.
CASSIUS: To what effect?
CASCA Nay, an I tell you that, I’ll ne’er look you i’ th’ face again. But those that understood him smiled at one another and shook their heads. But for mine own part, it was Greek to me.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Julius Caesar, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 289ff (1.2.289-295) (1599)
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" #Existentialism is a family of #philosophical views and inquiry that study #existence from the individual's #perspective and explore the struggle to lead #authentic lives despite the apparent #absurdity or #incomprehensibility of the #universe "
I know #wikipedia isn't the best sources, but there it is. This is what I'm currently going through. How the hell do I navigate the world in this state?
#Incomprehensibility - The quality of being incomprehensible, or beyond the reach of human intellect; incomprehensibleness; inconceivability; inexplicability.
