#knowledge #epistemology #freedom #intelligence #rationality # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought # Understanding is freedom, freedom is understanding ![by kay sage, by serge marshennikov at night serene. a mixed mediart that features a chimpanzee surrounded by a castle turret. the chimp is shown wearing a crown & holding a scepter, & the castle is adorned with banners. ](https://lexica-serve-encoded-images.sharif.workers.dev/md/007ca5db-6df6-461d-ae5a-a060ad6a9f34) Understanding is the path to breaking free from the [[Monkey Brain]], though [[Truth is a Pathless Land]]. ![Portrait of chimpanzee general wearing mirrorshades and a futuristic leather uniform, photorealistic, highly detailed, cinematic lighting, volumetric lighting](https://lexica-serve-encoded-images.sharif.workers.dev/md/0884cec2-a2a8-4d7b-b05c-e6f5898b4b30) [[Plato's allegory|But truth cannot be attained within our limited human bodies]]. ![a lone priest tending a zen garden kyoto, japan, a collage painting, in the style of wes anderson, lola dupre, david hockney, isolated on negative white space background dark monochrome fluorescent neon spraypaint accents volumetric octane render ](https://lexica-serve-encoded-images.sharif.workers.dev/md/024c4d5b-670e-4774-ba7d-5781a943fa73) > S: From where does wisdom arise? > M: Dispassionate observation. > ~ [[Kapil Gupta - Direct Truth - Uncompromising - Non-Prescriptive Truths to the Enduring Questions of Life|Kapil Gupta]] ![giant cats sleeping, waterfalls, small monks in dark-red robes; by Tom Bagshaw, Ivan Shishkin, Hans Thoma, Asher Brown Durand](https://lexica-serve-encoded-images.sharif.workers.dev/md/02f9ad8d-8221-468d-b6fb-6ebe2155f052) # External links