Sunday, January 3, 2010

Montaigne on the dangers of over-interpretation

Montaigne, The Complete Works:
Once you start digging down into a piece of writing, there is simply no slant or meaning ... , which the human mind cannot find there.

Somehow I want to pair this with Karl Popper's quotation:
Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood.

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