What one thinks and how one came to
think that way must be two of the most important facts about a person. Education, occupation, geographical
background, and even personality traits pale in comparison to the history of
thought development in an individual.
To truly know someone, it is necessary to understand at least a little
bit about how they think. Unfortunately,
since thoughts are private and cannot be fully known by anyone external to the thinker,
this important part of a person’s makeup remains largely obscure.
Even the best of history books and
biographies are left to guess at the thought pattern behind the behavior, while
most don’t even venture to try.
Autobiographies, on the other hand, ought to dive into this realm
wholeheartedly. It would seem that
a good autobiography would not just relate the when and where of what happened,
but also the why. Alas, very few
seem to do this with the candor or depth that might be expected. Even the authors, apparently, are more
interested in actions and results than the thought stream behind their life,
however interestingly lived. Either
that, or they themselves don’t think to think about their thoughts.
It would appear that how we think and
what we think are such a part of us that we don’t stop to consider them
separate from ourselves at all, much less give them a hearty analysis to make
sure of their accuracy and nobility.
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