Superficial knowledge

Vati, as the Shape of Wisdom, had the difficult task of trying to teach the principles written in One Daily Tale regarding wisdom, while not being perceived as cocky or overly special, like a genius.

She liked to couple her lessons with Eklea, the Shape of Awareness. The two of them had been great friends since childhood, and their respective fields of teaching were often very close to one another.

This time, Vati asked Eklea to help her by speaking about the dangers of superficial knowledge.

“Superficial knowledge itself isn’t harmful at all,” said Eklea.

“And we have limited time to spend anyway, so we cannot know it all.”

“But one important thing to remind ourselves of is that what we have is only superficial knowledge.”

“Why?” asked a young Esper, a bit intrigued.

“Because it helps us remain humble, and continue trying to learn more,” said Vati.

“It also helps us understand that others are the same, and cannot know it all either. Even we, known as the Seven Shapes, try our best to live by our own principles, and often have to admit that we only know so much…” said Vati.

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