Because true wisdom lies in seeing what is the right thing to do. If you have already decided what to do, if you already have an end in mind, you cannot make wisdom subservient to that and still claim that you are pursuing her. You are not; you are pursuing some end and seeking to enslave wisdom as a means to that end. In that lies folly, not wisdom, ...

Clarity and precision, especially premature clarity and precision are lethal when it comes to making an original statement. But at some point, of course, we have to say something.