Ludwig Feuerbach book The Essence of Christianity
Introduction, Z. Hanfi, trans., in The Fiery Brook (1972), p. 99
The Essence of Christianity (1841)
Ludwig Feuerbach book The Essence of Christianity
Introduction, Z. Hanfi, trans., in The Fiery Brook (1972), p. 99
The Essence of Christianity (1841)
Sahl al-Tustari (818–896) arabian Sufi, Islamic theologian
Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 55
“He has been told that knowledge is power, and knowledge consists of a great many small things.”
Richard M. Weaver (1910–1963) American scholar
Source: Ideas have Consequences (1948), p. 13.
Context: In the popular arena, one can tell … that the average man … imagines that an industrious acquisition of particulars will render him a man of knowledge. With what pathetic trust does he recite his facts! He has been told that knowledge is power, and knowledge consists of a great many small things.
“Knowledge is power; knowledge shared is power lost.”
Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) poet, mountaineer, occultist
This has been attributed to Crowley on the internet, but without citation. No incidents of it in Crowley's works have as yet been located.
This was quoted as an "occult tradition" in Fundamentals of Experimental Psychology (1976) by Charles Lawrence Sheridan, p. 17, but without any reference to Crowley.
Disputed
Variant: Knowledge is power and knowledge shared is power lost.
“Nationalism is power-hunger tempered by self-deception.”
George Orwell (1903–1950) English author and journalist
Notes on Nationalism (1945)
Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985) President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Source: Faith Precedes the Miracle