“Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.”
2000s, The End of Faith (2004)
Source: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
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American author, philosopher and neuroscientist 1967Related quotes
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Bruce Sterling (1954) American writer, speaker, futurist, and design instructor
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“Means of knowledge are sensory perception, inference and holy scriptures.”
Madhvacharya (1199–1278) Hindu philosopher who founded Dvaita Vedanta school
Beginner’s Guide to Sri MadhvAchArya’s Life and Philosophy
“Ignorance of Scripture is the root of every error in religion, and the source of every heresy.”
J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop
Vol. I, Preface, p. xiii
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. John (1865–1873)
“Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge.”
Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947) English mathematician and philosopher
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
Daniel J. Boorstin (1914–2004) American historian
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance. It is the illusion of knowledge.”
Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author
Sometimes attributed to Hawking without a source, but originally from historian Daniel J. Boorstin. It appears in different forms in The Discoverers (1983), Cleopatra's Nose (1995), and introduction to The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1995)
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“Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery”
Miles Davis (1926–1991) American jazz musician
Source: Miles: The Autobiography