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“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

“At first he who invented any art that went beyond the common perceptions of man was naturally admired by men, not only because there was something useful in the inventions, but because he was thought wise and superior to the rest. But as more arts were invented, and some were directed to the necessities of life, others to its recreation, the inventors of the latter were always regarded as wiser than the inventors of the former, because their branches of knowledge did not aim at utility.”

Knows Men Firsts Art Science Common Knowledge Wise Perception Aim Invention Superiors Former Branches Latter Wiser Utility Inventor Recreation

Book:Pocket Aristotle

Source: Pocket Aristotle

“Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labors of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.”

Ifs Knows World Children Has Beens Made Use Age Past Science Knowledge Labor Former Infancy

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“It has been observed that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant himself; and the moderns, standing as they do on the vantage ground of former discoveries and uniting all the fruits of the experience of their forefathers, with their own actual observation, may be admitted to enjoy a more enlarged and comprehensive view of things than the ancients themselves.”

May Has Beens Enjoy Views Knowledge Discovery Standing Fruit Shoulders Observation Former Giants Self Knowledge Comprehensive Forefathers Dwarfs Dwarves Uniting

Book:Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

“In the case of various kinds of knowledge, we find that what in former days occupied the energies of men of mature mental ability sinks to the level of information, exercises, and even pastimes for children; and in this educational progress we can see the history of the world's culture delineated in faint outline.”

Men World Kind Children Culture Energy Ability Levels Knowledge Cases Progress Information Exercise Various Educational Former Mature World History Outlines Pastime

Book:The Phenomenology of Mind

Source: The Phenomenology of Mind