Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes about Knowledge

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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. It is plain that an ignorant person thinks everything he does know important, and he tells it to everybody. But a well-educated man

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. It is plain that an ignorant person thinks everything he does know important, and he tells it to everybody. But a well-educated man is not so ready to display his learning; he would have too much to say, and he sees that there is much more to be said, so he holds his peace.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Knowledge, Men, Thinking

Jean Jacques Rousseau (2015). “Emile”, p.577, eKitap Projesi

The one thing we do not know is the limit of the knowable.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Knowledge, Limits, Knows

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (2006). “Emile on Education Volume Ii EasyRead la”, p.175, ReadHowYouWant.com

God is intelligent; but in what manner? Man is intelligent by the act of reasoning, but the supreme intelligence lies under no necessity to reason. He requires neither premise nor consequences; nor even the simple form of a proposition. His knowledge is purely intuitive. He beholds equally what is and what will be. All truths are to Him as one idea, as all places are but one point, and all times one moment.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Lying, Knowledge, Intelligent

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (2008). “Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar”, p.275, Wildside Press LLC