We live in an age of addition.
When something feels off in our lives, our instinct is to ask: ‘What should I add?’ More habits. More apps. More supplements.
Ancient wisdom asked a different question.
What should I remove?
This is the essence of Via Negativa, also known as the way of subtraction.
It is the idea that clarity, strength, and wisdom do not always come from accumulation. Often, they come from elimination.
And surprisingly, this ancient idea is now being echoed by modern science and leadership.
What Is Via Negativa?
The phrase Via Negativa (Latin for “the negative way”) originally described a theological method: Defining what something is by understanding what it is not. But the idea extends far beyond theology…
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