“What on earth have a man's name, degree, academic position, and of all things, opinions, to do with whether a thing is true?” MenEarthNamesOpinionPositionDegreesAll ThingsAcademic Author:Hugh Nibley
“Knowledge can be heady stuff, but it easily leads to an excess of zeal! -- to illusions of grandeur and a desire to impress others and achieve eminence . . . Our search for knowledge should be ceaseless, which means that it is open-ended, never resting on laurels, degrees, or past achievements.” ShouldMeanPastDesireStuffAchieveDegreesAchievementIllusionExcessImpressZealGrandeurLaurelsEminenceSearch For KnowledgeIllusions Of Grandeur Book:Approaching Zion Source: Approaching Zion
“A professor is not one who knows, but one who professes to know, and [thus] is constantly in the position of inviting challenge. . . . He professes publicly where everyone is invited to come and challenge, [and] at any time he must be willing and able to defend it openly against all comers. The degree is originally a chivalric device-a gauntlet of defiance to all rivals-and not a safe rampart or dug-out for a scholar to hide behind in safe immunity from any challenge.” KnowsAbleChallengesBehindsPositionWillingSafeDegreesDevicesProfessorsScholarInvitedRivalsDefianceInvitingImmunityGauntlet Author:Hugh Nibley
