"Ignorance is Bliss" -Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray says in his poem Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College, "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise." Ignorant people are people who do not open their minds to thoughts other than their own, small, happy thoughts. The true definition of ignorance is: "Lacking knowledge or awareness in general: uneducated or unsophisticated." Ignorance is a gift. It saves you the pain of thinking about the terrors of the unknown; of what is beyond death and what reality truly is. The root word of ignorant is ignore. Ignorant people ignore the burdens of ideas that the philosophers challenge out of their own curiosity and need for answers. 

I, myself, am ignorant. I may be ignoring a thought or being unaware of it. That is what some of Socrates' philosophies were; that we are all ignorant and without wisdom. We are all stupid and limited. What makes a person wise is knowing that he is not wise. 

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[Alexanda Corrin]

Very interesting philosophy, I eagerly await more instalments!