[March 2001 journal entry]
A close friend recently spoke with me about the ‘tug of war’ he said he feels between radically pursuing consistent/logical thought and the lure toward what is intellectually/existentially comfortable. I proposed that he cannot have it both ways. To radically pursue consistent/logical thought is to accept intellectual/existential discomfort as unavoidable, as a given. What are the consequences of making an exception to radically consistent/logical thought for a bit of intellectual/existential comfort? What would be the rationale for doing so?
