“The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.”
Herodotus (-484–-425 BC) ancient Greek historian, often considered as the first historian
The words of Socrates, as quoted by Diogenes Laertius.
Misattributed
“Evil knows of the Good, but Good does not know of Evil. Knowledge of oneself is something only Evil has.”
— Franz Kafka, book The Blue Octavo Notebooks
The First Octavo Notebook https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gD981HZ190BUJF-3czZNX3DsFWvqp3cq-Z4QS4d-9gw/edit?hl=en <br class="br">The Blue Octavo Notebooks (1954)
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