If the Great Way perishes there will

“If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.”

— Lao Tzu

Author: Lao Tzu
Category: knowledge
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The implications of these considerations justify the

“The implications of these considerations justify the statement that all empirically verifiable knowledge even the commonsense knowledge of everyday life – involves implicitly, if not explicitly, systematic theory in this sense.”

— Talcott Parsons

Author: Talcott Parsons
Category: knowledge
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The ordinary American – as far as

“The ordinary American – as far as I can tell – knows so much less than he did fifty years ago and has such poor work habits compared with fifty years ago that the average multiplicand of knowledge/capabilities is a much smaller number than it was in 1961.”

— Ben Stein

Author: Ben Stein
Category: knowledge
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