Ignorance and Bliss: On Wanting Not to Know by Mark Lilla

Ignorance and Bliss: On Wanting Not to Know

Mark Lilla

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Aristotle claimed that ‘all human beings want to know’. Yet we also want not to know. Centuries after the Enlightenment, mesmerised crowds still follow preposterous prophets; irrational rumours trigger fanatical acts; and magical thinking crowds o...

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