Why The Pursuit of Wisdom Is the Only Thing You Should Chase in Life
And three philosophical laws that reveal what wisdom is.
Drugs, sex, cocaine, gambling, porn, prostitutes, money, fame.
These are all the wrong things to chase in life. Instead, the original pursuit should sustain us. What is this original pursuit you may ask? It’s the endless and unattainable pursuit of wisdom.
This is a chase for knowledge that can transcend beyond what you are capable of knowing and understanding. This ancient philosophical pursuit originated in Ancient Greece with the invention of philosophy itself, which means “love of wisdom”.
I’d like to consider myself a wisdom chaser, I love to read books, reflect on my days, learn about philosophy, and contemplate my role within the universe. You could say this is a pursuit of wisdom, rather than a hopeless chase of damaging hedonistic desires.
Attaining wisdom is the highest pursual of human nature. Wisdom for me is knowledge in an incorruptible form. This is the knowledge that carries applicable meaning to your life that is transcendent beyond time, place, or the century you live in.
Wisdom may seem like an outdated mystical state of enlightenment that is out of reach to a regular person. It is fair to…
