John Kenneth Galbraith book The Affluent Society
Source: The Affluent Society (1958), Chapter 5, Section I, p. 47
John Kenneth Galbraith book The Affluent Society
Source: The Affluent Society (1958), Chapter 5, Section I, p. 47
Edmund Cooper (1926–1982) British writer
Sea-horse in the Sky (1969)
“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
Will Durant (1885–1981) American historian, philosopher and writer
Quoted in "Books: The Great Gadfly", Time magazine, 8 October 1965 (review of The Age of Voltaire by Will and Ariel Durant)
Context: Sixty years ago I knew everything. Now I know nothing. Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.”
Daniel J. Boorstin (1914–2004) American historian
“Where the frontier of science once was is now the centre.”
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799) German scientist, satirist
As quoted in A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations (1991) edited by Alan Lindsay Mackay, p. 153
“Science is a philosophy of discovery. Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958) American astrophysicist and science communicator
Source: Death by Black Hole - And Other Cosmic Quandaries
“The imagination has made more discoveries than the eye.”
Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist
Dinesh D'Souza (1961) Indian-American political commentator, filmmaker, author
Source: Books, The End of Racism (1995), Ch. 1
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975) Indian philosopher and statesman who was the first Vice President and the second President of India
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy