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When intellectual pursuit of historical wisdom becomes suffering

I have been studying philosophy for fifteen years trying to understand why humans keep repeating the same mistakes and I still do not have an answer and I am starting to think the question itself is the problem.

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The mind can turn even the search for understanding into a form of seeking that perpetuates rather than dissolves the original dissatisfaction.

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