"Study is to study what cannot be studied.……" — Zhuangzi
"Study is to study what cannot be studied. Undertaking means undertaking what cannot be undertaken. Philosophizing is to philosophize about what cannot be philosophized about. Knowing that knowing is unknowable is true perfection."
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Zhuangzi
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