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John Keats' concept of 'negative capability' – or sitting in uncertainty – is needed now more than ever

  • Written by Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
John Keats' concept of 'negative capability' – or sitting in uncertainty – is needed now more than everThe gravestone of John Keats in Rome's 'non-Catholic' cemetery.Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

When John Keats died 200 years ago, on Feb. 23, 1821, he was just 25 years old. Despite his short life, he’s still considered one of the finest poets in the English language.

Yet in addition to masterpieces such as “Ode to a Nightingale” and...

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