Ryan Holiday

But when you read the greats and then you read what the greats wrote about writing, you're able to not skip all of that, but you're able to skip some of it.

And that's the fusing of study and application.

Yeah, the physical component, there's a Latin saying, but basically just like you need a strong mind and a strong body.

And certainly for the Greeks and the Romans, the school included not just P.E., but wrestling and fighting and hunting.

And it was an active thing as opposed to a passive thing.

I do think that's important.

And I also think there are multiple forms of intelligence.

Knowing what the body can do, specifically what your body can do and what it's capable of, is a kind of self-awareness and self-discovery.

It strikes me as strange that you wouldn't want to explore.

It's funny, right?

Socrates is wise because he knows what he doesn't know.

Some people don't know anything like they just don't know anything.

And I guess knowing that, you know, literally nothing means, you know, one thing that's a little bit of some self-awareness.

And that's great just because you're humble doesn't mean you're wise.

But I certainly think you are not wise if you are not humble.

Dude, I have never had a good answer to that question.

Do you have a good answer to that question?

I mean, I change my mind all the time.

I don't feel like, hey, I had this opinion and I was extremely vocal about that opinion.

And now I admit I was a huge idiot and I'm totally wrong about it.