Epistemology
James Frederick William Rowe
No man has known the
bones
Which give structure
to his frame
Which bear the burden
of his flesh
But through agony
And the facing of
death
Poet’s Notes: All knowledge is learned in suffering. It is impossible to learn without misery. This is why the greatest commandment is to "Know Thyself"—for it is a true achievement to overcome such, especially as introspection is often the most painful of all knowledge. It struck me as especially meaningful (and amusing) to realize that literal introspection—to know one's internal structure—requires horrendous pain, given that the only way to know our bones is to break them or to carve the flesh away.
Poet’s Notes: All knowledge is learned in suffering. It is impossible to learn without misery. This is why the greatest commandment is to "Know Thyself"—for it is a true achievement to overcome such, especially as introspection is often the most painful of all knowledge. It struck me as especially meaningful (and amusing) to realize that literal introspection—to know one's internal structure—requires horrendous pain, given that the only way to know our bones is to break them or to carve the flesh away.
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