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“The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable; the latter is not.”

Dangerous Ignorance Intelligent Former Latter Pretense Teachable

Book:Killosophy

Source: Killosophy

“I make this chief distinction between religion and superstition, that the latter is founded on ignorance, the former on knowledge.”

Ignorance Chiefs Former Distinction Latter Superstitions

Book:Letters to Friend and Foe

Source: Letters to Friend and Foe

“Two Chinamen visiting Europe went to the theatre for the first time. One of them occupied himself with trying to understand the theatrical machinery, which he succeeded in doing. The other, despite his ignorance of the language, sought to unravel the meaning of the play. The former is like the astronomer, the latter the philosopher.”

Trying Firsts Two Play Science Language Ignorance First Time Europe Philosophical Philosopher Theatre Despite Former Latter Machinery Visiting Theatrical Astronomers

Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“When it happeneth that a man signifieth unto us two contradictory opinions whereof the one is clearly and directly signified, andthe other either drawn from that by consequence, or not known to be contradictory to it; then (when he is not present to explicate himself better) we are to take the former of his opinions; for that is clearly signified to be his, and directly, whereas the other might proceed from error in the deduction, or ignorance of the repugnancy.”

Men Two Might Language Known Opinion Ignorance Consequence Errors Former Interpretation Contradictory Deductions Hermeneutics

Book:The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic: Part I, Human Nature, Part II, De Corpore Politico ; with Three Lives

Source: The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic: Part I, Human Nature, Part II, De Corpore Politico ; with Three Lives

“The present age has witnessed an extraordinary increase of a thinking public, by the facilities afforded to the diffusion of reading; the former happy resignation to ignorance begins to make way for a state of half-enlightenment, and few persons are willing to remain in the condition in which their birth has placed then.”

Thinking Way Persons States Age Reading Half Conditions Ignorance Willing Birth Enlightenment Increase Extraordinary Former Facility Resignation Diffusion

Book:The Works of Frederick Schiller: Top Classic of German

Source: The Works of Frederick Schiller: Top Classic of German

“Perfect ignorance is quiet, perfect knowledge is quiet; not so the transition from the former to the latter.”

Perfect Ignorance Quiet Former Latter Transition

Book:Works

Source: Works

“The enemy is not individuals, churches, 'ex-gay' organisations or political parties; the enemy is ignorance. Change is created by focusing our energies on overcoming the latter instead of attacking the former.”

Political Individual Energy Church Party Enemy Ignorance Gay Overcoming Former Latter Political Parties Exes Attacking Organisation

Author:Anthony Venn-Brown

“There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.”

Two Facts Science Opinion Knowledge Ignorance Ignorant Former Two Things Latter Begets

Book:Hippocrates

Source: Hippocrates

“There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find the former an inexhaustible fund of conversation.”

Ignorance Conversation Ignorant Former Fund

Book:Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].

Source: Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].