Knowledge becomes less clear as it approaches life’s big questions.

Evidence

The less it had to do with these questions, the clearer and more exact it was; the more it took the character of a solution of these questions, the obscurer and less attractive they, became. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 66

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 66
• XREF: connects to: Human knowledge fails to answer life’s fundamental questions. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 64; Philosophy can only restate life’s fundamental questions. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 74; Faith offers an understanding of life that contrasts with rational knowledge. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 118 (+11 more)

Library Connections

• Life is full of unfathomable mysteries that elude understanding. #corroborates (0.90) — Crews, Harry, A childhood the biography of a place, 374

Broader Connections

• Faith offers an understanding of life that contrasts with rational knowledge. #expands (0.75) — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 118