Those who cannot draw conclusions
From three thousand years of learning
Stay naïve in dark confusions
Day to day live undiscerning.
• Book V (Rendsch Nameh), sec. XV
From three thousand years of learning
Stay naïve in dark confusions
Day to day live undiscerning.
• Book V (Rendsch Nameh), sec. XV
“
Wer nicht von dreitausend Jahren
Sich weiß Rechenschaft zu geben,
Bleib im Dunkeln unerfahren,
Mag von Tag zu Tage leben.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Wer nicht von dreitausend Jahren
Sich weiß Rechenschaft zu geben,
Bleib im Dunkeln unerfahren,
Mag von Tag zu Tage leben." in the context of "Those who cannot draw conclusions
From three thousand years of learning
Stay naïve in dark confusions
Day to day live undiscerning.
• Book V (Rendsch Nameh), sec. XV" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" (Quotes, West–östlicher Divan (West–Eastern Diwan) (1819/1827))
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