There was a young man who said though, it seems that I know that I kno…

Alan Watts
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There was a young man who said though, it seems that I know that I know, but what I would like to see is the I that knows me when I know that I know that I know. ✨ Alan Watts (1999). The Tao of Philosophy, p.37, Tuttle Publishing
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There was a young man who said though, it seems that I know that I know, but what I would like to see is the I that knows me when I know that I know that I know. ✨ Alan Watts (1999). The Tao of Philosophy, p.37, Tuttle Publishing

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