Quotes by Ignorance There are two threats to reason, the opinion that one knows the truth about the most important things and the opinion that there is no truth about them. Both of these opinions are fatal to philosophy; the first asserts that the quest for truth is unnecessary, while the second asserts that it is impossible. The Socratic knowledge of ignorance, which I take to be the beginning point of all philosophy, defines the sensible middle ground between two extremes. Allan Bloom ignorance philosophy two It is a cause of shame to any member of the human race to be a member of the same species some of whose members could vote for any candidate for president that has been offered by the Republican party. Such people seem to be motivated only by short-sighted greed, ignorance, fear and hatred. Allen W. Wood party ignorance race I ask the political economists and the moralists if they have ever calculated the number of individuals who must be condemned to misery, overwork, demoralisation, degradation, rank ignorance, overwhelming misfortune and utter penury in order to produce one rich man. Almeida Garrett ignorance men order Every time that a people which has long crouched in slavery and ignorance is moved to its lowest depths there appear monsters and heroes, prodigies of crime and prodigies of virtue. Alphonse de Lamartine ignorance hero long Republicanism and ignorance are in bitter antagonism. Alphonse de Lamartine republic bitter ignorance Damen is gorgeous. I know this without looking up. I just focus on my book as he makes his way toward me since I know way too much about my classmates already. So as far as I'm concerned, an extra moment of ignorance really is bliss. But according to the innermost thoughts of Stacia Miller sitting just two rows before me - Damen Auguste is totally smoking hot. Her best friend, Honor, completely agrees. So does Honor's boyfriend, Craig, but that's a whole other story Alyson Noel ignorance two book Human ordeals thrive on ignorance. To understand a problem with clarity is already half way towards solving it. Amartya Sen ignorance half way The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are valued for their own sake. They expand our freedom to lead the lives we have reason to value, and these elementary capabilities are of importance on their own Amartya Sen ignorance education opportunity Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify. Ambrose Bierce small-parts ignorance knowledge As a means of dispensing formulated ignorance our boasted public school system is not without merit; it spreads out education sufficiently thin to give everyone enough to make him a more competent fool than he would have been without it. Ambrose Bierce ignorance mean school Book - Learning : The dunce's derisive term for all knowledge that transcends his own impertinent ignorance. Ambrose Bierce ignorance book knowledge Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious. Ambrose Bierce kind ignorance education POSITIVISM- A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its longest exponent is Comte, its broadest Mill and its thickest Spencer. Ambrose Bierce ignorance real philosophy Learning -the kind of ignorance affected by (and affecting) civilized races, as distinguished from ignorance, the sort of learning incurred by savages. See nonsense. Ambrose Bierce learning ignorance race We ask for what reason our Lord was unwilling to state the time of His coming (cf. Mk. 13:31-32). If we ask it, we shall not find it is owing to ignorance, but to wisdom. For it was not to our advantage to know; in order that we being ignorant of the actual moments of judgment to come, might ever be as it were on guard, and set on the watch-tower of virtue, and so avoid the habits of sin; lest the day of the Lord should come upon us in the midst of our wickedness. Ambrose ignorance christian order Ignorance and fear are twins whose mother is slavery and whose father is oppression, and the mentality of the whole family is that of slaves. Ameen Rihani ignorance mother father Truth can be outraged by silence quite as cruelly as by speech. Amelia Barr speech silence ignorance Educate ourselves; educate other people, the population in general, to fight fear and ignorance, to eliminate little by little the subjection to nature and natural forces which our economy has not yet mastered. Amilcar Cabral fighting ignorance people Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience Amos Bronson Alcott innocence stupidity ignorance To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant. Amos Bronson Alcott humorous ignorance inspirational «1234567891011»