What does this Bard/Philosopher mean if he so massively contradicts himself? Here we get through 3 of the 5 interpretations. My personal opinion is that the journey is more important than the destination, and the classical way to resolve contradictions is to posit multiple authors or writing over time or poor management. The are many modern day ministerial government documents that have bigger contradictions in them. MP4 recording     MP3 recording -- -- Your browser does not support the audio element.