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In Stranger In a Strange Land, it meant a bit more than that. The whole idea being that when you understand something sufficiently, you are unable to take any emotional stance for or against that something without allowing it to stop you from making the right decision. To be able to hate something at the same time as you love it equally and eithr kill it or nurture as necessary.
In a more terrestrial sense it means to grasp something so thoroughly or intuitively enough that...
Ever have a moment of clarity?
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I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle
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