The Positive Side of ‘Negative Capability’
Why life is about living the mystery
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5 min readOct 13, 2020
John Keats, a Romantic poet, first wrote about the concept of ‘negative capability’ in 1817. It’s the ability, he said, to “exist amid uncertainties, mysteries, and doubts without reaching for absolutes”. To play in the grey and embrace not knowing.
