Quotes by Knowledge While the dogmatist is harmful, the sceptic is useless ...; one is certain of knowing, the other of not knowing. What philosophy should dissipate is certainty, whether of knowledge or of ignorance. Knowledge is not so precise a concept as is commonly thought. Instead of saying 'I know this', we ought to say 'I more or less know something more or less like this'. ... Knowledge in practical affairs has not the certainty or the precision of arithmetic. Bertrand Russell ignorance philosophy knowledge History is valuable, to begin with, because it is true; and this, though not the whole of its value, is the foundation and condition of all the rest. That all knowledge, as such, is in some degree good, would appear to be at least probable; and the knowledge of every historical fact possesses this element of goodness, even if it posses no other. Bertrand Russell historical facts knowledge Whatever we know without inference is mental. Bertrand Russell inference knows knowledge Pure mathematics consists entirely of assertions to the effect that, if such and such a proposition is true of anything, then suchand such another proposition is true of that thing.... Thus mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true. Bertrand Russell may talking knowledge Right conduct can never, except by some rare accident, be promoted by ignorance or hindered by knowledge. Bertrand Russell right-conduct ignorance knowledge Philosophy is that part of science which at present people chose to have opinions about, but which they have no knowledge about. Therefore every advance in knowledge robs philosophy of some problems which formerly it had ...and will belong to science. Bertrand Russell philosophy science knowledge You can live a lifetime and at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about yourself. Beryl Markham lifetime people knowledge Knowledge is wonderful and truth serene But man in their service bleeds. Bhartrhari wonderful men knowledge The universe is not only queerer than we suppose; it is queerer than we can suppose Bill Bryson funny science knowledge Although humankind inherently "desires to know", if open access to, and unlimited development of, knowledge henceforth puts us all in clear danger of extinction, then common sense demands that we re-examine our reverence for knowledge. Bill Joy common-sense desire knowledge We know that there is an infinite, and we know not its nature. As we know it to be false that numbers are finite, it is therefore true that there is a numerical infinity. But we know not of what kind; it is untrue that it is even, untrue that it is odd; for the addition of a unit does not change its nature; yet it is a number, and every number is odd or even (this certainly holds of every finite number). Thus we may quite well know that there is a God without knowing what He is. Blaise Pascal change god knowledge The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him. Blaise Pascal valentines-day god knowledge Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything. Blaise Pascal littles science knowledge Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science. Blaise Pascal ignorance time knowledge Since we cannot be universal and know all that is to be known of everything, we ought to know a little about everything. For it is far better to know something about everything than to know all about one thing. This universality is the best. If we can have both, still better; but if we must choose, we ought to choose the former. Blaise Pascal one-thing knows knowledge Extremes are for us as though they were not, and we are not within their notice. They escape us, or we them. This is our true state; this is what makes us incapable of certain knowledge and of absolute ignorance... This is our natural condition, and yet most contrary to our inclination; we burn with desire to find solid ground and an ultimate sure foundation whereon to build a tower reaching to the Infinite. But our whole groundwork cracks, and the earth opens to abysses. Blaise Pascal ignorance desire knowledge What matters it that man should have a little more knowledge of the universe? If he has it, he gets little higher. Is he not always infinitely removed from the end, and is not the duration of our life equally removed from eternity, even if it lasts ten years longer? Blaise Pascal what-matters men knowledge Since [man] is infinitely removed from comprehending the extremes, the end of things and their beginning are hopelessly hidden from him in an impenetrable secret; he is equally incapable of seeing the nothing from which he was made, and the infinite in which he is swallowed up. Blaise Pascal secret men knowledge Knowledge has two extremes. The first is the pure natural ignorance in which all men find themselves at birth. The other extreme is that reached by great minds, who, having run through all that men can know, find they know nothing, and come back again to that same natural ignorance from which they set out; this is a learned ignorance which is conscious of itself. Blaise Pascal ignorance running knowledge The great mass of people judge well of things, for they are in natural ignorance, which is man's true state. Blaise Pascal ignorance men knowledge «89101112131415161718»
