“To know is not too demanding: it merely requires memory and time. But to understand is quite a different matter: it requires intellectual ability and training, a self conscious awareness of what one is doing, experience in techniques of analysis and synthesis, and above all, perspective.”

—  Carroll Quigley

Conclusion, p. 415
The Evolution of Civilizations (1961) (Second Edition 1979)

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