This image recalls the Zhuangzi’s frog in a well, whose surroundings define its understanding of the world. An easily missed detail in the surrounding dialogue is that even the spirit of the sea acknowledges his own smallness.
That makes the metaphor worth turning toward ourselves, too. We can choose to leave an unproductive argument while remaining curious about experiences beyond our own. Disagreement alone cannot tell us who has seen farther.
Testimony, inquiry and evidence allow our understanding to travel beyond the places we have personally been.
Which of our own certainties might change if we encountered a wider horizon?
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