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|01 = '''I was brought up to believe that the only thing [[sense of life|worth doing]] was to add to the sum of [[Accuracy and precision|accurate]] [[information]] in the world.'''<br /> | |01 = '''I was brought up to believe that the only thing [[sense of life|worth doing]] was to add to the sum of [[Accuracy and precision|accurate]] [[information]] in the world.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Margaret Mead]] (1901 - 1978)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Margaret Mead]] (1901 - 1978)</cite> | ||
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|43 = '''Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.'''<b /> | |43 = '''Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.'''<b /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Wislawa Szymborska]]]<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Wislawa Szymborska]]]<br /> | ||
|44 = '''There are in fact two things, [[science]] and [[opinion]]; the former begets [[knowledge]], the later [[ignorance]].'''<br /> | |||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Hippocrates]]''<br /> | |||
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—<small>''[http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?title=CZ:Quote&action=edit add a quote about knowledge or writing]''</small> | —<small>''[http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?title=CZ:Quote&action=edit add a quote about knowledge or writing]''</small> | ||
Revision as of 16:41, 12 July 2010
Words constitute the ultimate texture and stuff of our moral being, since they are the most refined and delicate and detailed, as well as the most universally used and understood, of the symbolisms whereby we express ourselves into existence.
— Iris Murdoch
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