Knowledge is and will be produced in order to be sold, it is and will be consumed in order to be valorised in a new production: in both cases, the goal is exchange. Jean-Francois Lyotard caseconsumeexchange Change image and share on social
Tanpinar presciently feared that to embrace the western conception of progress was to be mentally enslaved by a whole new epistemology, one that compartmentalised knowledge and concealed an instrumental view of human beings as no more than things to be manipulated. Pankaj Mishra beingcompartmentaliseconceal share on social
Medical knowledge and technical savvy are biodegradable. The sort of medicine that was practiced in Boston or New York or Atlanta fifty years ago would be as strange to a medical student or intern today as the ceremonial dance of a !Kung San tribe would seem to a rock festival audience in Hackensack. Lewis Thomas agoatlantaaudience share on social
The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge. Rene Descartes acquisitiondeductionintuition Change image and share on social
The historical development of the work of anthropologists seems to single out clearly a domain of knowledge that heretofore has not been treated by any other science. Franz Boas anthropologistdevelopmentdomain Change image and share on social
I'm really interested in the intersection between reputation, identity, and knowledge. Fred Wilson identityinterestintersection Change image and share on social
They that are intoxicated by self-conceit have interposed themselves between it and the Divine and infallible Physician. Witness how they have entangled all men, themselves included, in the mesh of their devices. They can neither discover the cause of the disease, nor have they any knowledge of the remedy. Baha'u'llah conceitdevicediscover share on social
The only knowledge which satisfies us is one which is subject to no external standards but springs from the inner life of the personality. Rudolf Steiner externalknowledgelife Change image and share on social
The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin. Thomas Huxley absolutelyacknowledgeauthority Change image and share on social
The accumulation of cultural capital - the acquisition of knowledge - is the key to social mobility. Michael Gove accumulationacquisitioncapital Change image and share on social