Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We've all "known better" and slipped up anyway. But what if that's proof we never really knew? Socrates argued real knowledge can't be overpowered — and early Buddhism made it a practice. There's knowing about what's good for us, and the knowing that changes what we want to do.
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✅ Sutta & sources:
- MN 19, Two Kinds of Thought — suttacentral.net/mn19/en/sujato
- Plato, Protagoras / Meno / Gorgias (Perseus): https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0178
- Plato, Complete Works (Cooper, ed.) — amzn.to/4fPsQix
✅ Related videos:
- Why You Don't Do What You Know You Should — youtube.com/watch?v=jyMhA6UZZJ4
- Can You Practice Buddhism by Studying It? (Anālayo) — youtube.com/watch?v=9oT04eft43o
- Do You Really Understand What Wisdom Is? — youtube.com/watch?v=Ger9h33r8Lk
- The Myth of Privileged Epistemology — [link]
- Knowledge and Wisdom: What's the Deal? — youtube.com/watch?v=gFcP0ZnqHSQ
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We've all "known better" and slipped up anyway. But what if that's proof we never really knew? Socrates argued real knowledge can't be overpowered — and early Buddhism made it a practice. There's knowing about what's good for us, and the knowing that changes what we want to do.
🧡 If you find this material useful, check out my Patreon page and get fun benefits like exclusive videos, audio-only versions, and extensive show notes: patreon.com/dougsseculardharma
🧡 You can also make donations through: paypal.me/dougsdharma
📙 Check out my book, A Handbook of Early Buddhist Wisdom, with a Foreword by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi: books2read.com/buddhisthandbook
📖 Index of all my videos: dougs-dharma.github.io/dougs-dharma-index
✅ Sutta & sources:
- MN 19, Two Kinds of Thought — suttacentral.net/mn19/en/sujato
- Plato, Protagoras / Meno / Gorgias (Perseus): https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0178
- Plato, Complete Works (Cooper, ed.) — amzn.to/4fPsQix
✅ Related videos:
- Why You Don't Do What You Know You Should — youtube.com/watch?v=jyMhA6UZZJ4
- Can You Practice Buddhism by Studying It? (Anālayo) — youtube.com/watch?v=9oT04eft43o
- Do You Really Understand What Wisdom Is? — youtube.com/watch?v=Ger9h33r8Lk
- The Myth of Privileged Epistemology — [link]
- Knowledge and Wisdom: What's the Deal? — youtube.com/watch?v=gFcP0ZnqHSQ
Webpage: dougsdharma.com
Facebook: facebook.com/onlinedharmainstitute
Mastodon: https://mindly.social/@dougsdharma
Instagram: instagram.com/dougsdharma
Threads: threads.net/@dougsdharma
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dougsdharma.bsky.social
Assistance from Claude models.
❤️ Thanks to all Patreon Patrons!
Note: as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Amazon links are affiliate links where I will earn a very small commission on purchases you make, at no additional cost to you. This goes a tiny way towards defraying the costs of making these videos. Thank you!
