Alan Watts's court jester lecture

Watts on why kings kept a court jester: to remind the king of his own mortality and that things are not as they seem. Tamir links it to Tyler's point that tragedy becomes comedy faster as you age.

Where it appears 1

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  don't pretend you aren't confusedEp 1 · with Tyler Dorchester

Connections

Created by

• Alan Watts

Related

• Internal Jester and King