Quotes About Knowledge

Nicht nach der Wahrheit zu suchen ist ein Zeichen der Mittelmäßigkeit; doch es ist kein Zeichen der Größe, sie zu finden.

Nothing makes clearer the limits of science than the scientist's opinions about any topic that is not strictly related to his profession.

An age is civilized if it does not reserve intelligence for professional work.

Die These der Einheit der Wissenschaft ist kein epistemologische Erfordernis. Nicht einmal ein intellektuelles Programm. Sondern angstvolle Verkrampfung angesichts des Geheimnisses.

The most precise and shortest definition of a true civilization has been given by Trevelyan: A leisured class with large and learned libraries in their country seats.

Progress is the offspring of knowledge of nature. Faith in progress is the offspring of ignorance of history.

Not seeking the truth is a sign of mediocrity; but it is no sign of greatness to find them.

Knowing solves only subordinate problems, but learning protects against tedium. Only the contemplation of the immediate saves us from tedium in this incomprehensible universe.

Whoever is curious about how to measure his stupidity should count the number of things that seem obvious to him.

Adults? Maybe there were only two: Thucydides and Burckhardt.

Istruire non è indicare soluzioni, ma rivelare problemi.

Las noticias son el substituto de las verdades.

Racionalismo es el seudónimo oficial del Gnosticismo.

Thinking corrupts the imbecile.

Aufklärung es la traducción circunspecta de Gnosis.

Verdad es aquello que cualquier imbécil refuta.

When we suspect the extent of the innate, we realize that pedagogy is the technique of what is secondary. We only learn what we were born to know.

La oscuridad de un texto no es defecto cuando lo que dice sólo puede decirse oscuramente.

L'homme ne possède pas son intelligence, son intelligence est en visite chez lui.

EL mayor triunfo de la ciencia parece estar en la velocidad creciente con que el bobo puede trasladar su bobería de un sitio a otro sitio.

Science deceives us in three ways: by turning its proposals into standards, by disclosing its results rather than its methods, by ignoring its epistemological limitations.

Nicht nach Freiheit strebt der Verstand, sondern nach Unterwerfung. Die Wahrheit ist der Glanz der Notwendigkeit.

All science feeds on the convictions that it strangles.

La filosofía honesta no pretender explicar sino circunscribir el misterio».