Sometimes we fail to find what we seek because we’ve pictured what we are seeking and reject what does not conform to that image.

When seeking objects or object-form knowledge (episteme), picturing what you are seeking is a good idea.

Wisdom – sophia – is different. Sophia is not graspable like episteme. Sophia is transcendence-form. Sophia is relational. You are in it, it exceeds you while involving you.

Transcendence-form is, by definition, radically surprising. If your destination is radical surprise,  preconditions equal preclusion. You’ll never arrive at the unexpected if reject it for failing to conform to your expectations.

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