Submission + - Amathia: The Blindness of the Soul in an Age of Knowledge (vividcomm.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The term amathia appears frequently in classical Greek philosophy, most notably in the works of Plato. It is often translated as “ignorance,” but this rendering does not capture its nuance. Amathia is not the innocent ignorance of lacking information; it is, as Socrates implied, “the ignorance of not wanting to know.” This form of unknowing is tied to character, disposition, and moral orientation. It represents a failure of the whole person, not simply a failure of intellect. The amathic individual lives in a state where beliefs are accepted without examination, where truth is subordinate to desire, and where learning is resisted because it threatens identity or comfort.
