9-1, the introverts.

there was a period of time where i thought i'd finally evened out and become one of those half-n-halfs, in terms of the introvert/extrovert debate.

how silly of me.

i can count my loves on one hand. i am no extrovert.

as much as i love the idea of being hospitable, i'm afraid i'm only able to be truly hospitable if i've got my own space to which i can escape. although my ability to welcome will improve with different circumstances, i feel.

there's a verse in the debate of king milinda in which nagasena claims that knowledge and wisdom are the same (my buddhism seminar today, if you were wondering where that came from).

i'm sure they are not the same thing, but i am not sure what exactly they are that makes them different.

knowledge is concrete and specific and grounded. wisdom is a state of mind, as martin put it, which i like very much. you use knowledge to gain wisdom, but there are very knowledgeable people who are very removed from my conception of wisdom. i find myself assuming that wisdom is a practical awareness of the nature of humanity, while knowledge is made up of the facts that point one in that direction.

i think i also make the distinction that one is earthly and the other divine, but that's an instinctive separation that i'm not sure is accurate. in fact, i don't think it is at all. omniscience, anyone?

i'm exhausted. i've got a couple hours until lecture this evening, so i'm going to go nap.

but first! i must tell you about the bookstore in lancaster. it's a chain and it's not got loads of character, but it is distinctly european and does have a balcony-type second level. i love it, and i'm going to model my library after it. my hypothetical library, that is . . . anyway. katie jane and i explored it after we froze ourselves at the castle watching the sunset, and i bought wuthering heights (seeing as how it's made for me, according to hannah, and i've yet to read it) and the time traveller's wife (that one's for you, kim - i will have read it by february so we can discuss/revel in it together).

mm.