“The great mass of people judge well of things, for they are in natural ignorance, which is man's true state.” PeopleMenWellsStatesNaturalKnowledgeIgnoranceJudgingMass Author:Blaise Pascal
“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.” KnowsMenMindFirstsTwoRunningNaturalKnowledgeIgnoranceBirthPureConsciousExtremesSelf KnowledgeBack AgainGreat MindsTwo Extremes Author:Blaise Pascal
“A … difference between most system-building in the social sciences and systems of thought and classification of the natural sciences is to be seen in their evolution. In the natural sciences both theories and descriptive systems grow by adaptation to the increasing knowledge and experience of the scientists. In the social sciences, systems often issue fully formed from the mind of one man. Then they may be much discussed if they attract attention, but progressive adaptive modification as a result of the concerted efforts of great numbers of men is rare.” IfsMenMindMaySocialGrowsNaturalDifferencesResultsNumbersEffortAttentionKnowledgeIssuesBuildingTheoryEvolutionScientistOne ManProgressiveAdaptationSocial ScienceNatural ScienceClassificationModificationKnowledge And ExperienceAdaptiveIncreasing Knowledge Author:Lawrence Joseph Henderson