Image taken by By Martyn Seddon [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons. “…memory cannot retrace its path that far unless Another guide it.” Paradiso, Dante (Canto 18 L. 11-12) Looking back and reflecting on the crystal clarity of reflection (which is also commonly called 'logic'), I have surmised from experience that looking back doesn't do anything positive for forward momentum. I mean, certainly Kierkegaard was right about many things, namely his point about only being able to understand life backwards, and subsequently only being able to live in a forward direction. Most basically, if you were to imagine a timeline with arrows representing directional time, Kierkegaard’s well-known psychological observation would look something like this (the blurriness of the line itself is appropriate): LIFELINE Understanding Spontenaity Comprehension
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