Posted by Interlocking (63.249.100.136) on January 11, 2003 at 12:32:30:
In Reply to: Re: The usual: 5w4 or 4w5 posted by deras (65.64.136.131) on January 11, 2003 at 07:56:13:
> by understanding the world you can understand yourself better...
> but by understanding yourself, you only really understand one perspective
> which won't help you understand other people who have entirely different
> perspectives... so it does not necessarilly enhance your understanding of
> the world.
Quite true. But in order to understand the world, you must also understand your own biases about the world, and therefore self-understanding is necessary to prevent as much skewing of viewpoint as possible. If the self-understanding is merely understanding of a single perspective, then it is not self-understanding. The world also includes much more than people.