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The passage suggests that knowledge for knowledge's sake is "labor lost" and any attempt to understand without adequate knowledge is counterproductive and even dangerous!
Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D.: Back To School With Confucius Ph.D. Rodney L. Taylor 2011
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The passage suggests that knowledge for knowledge's sake is "labor lost" and any attempt to understand without adequate knowledge is counterproductive and even dangerous!
Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D.: Back To School With Confucius Ph.D. Rodney L. Taylor 2011
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I had learned enough from the books to realize that I had touched only the hem of knowledge's garment.
THE BRAIN MERCHANT 2010
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The range and diversity in many of these pages, the fresh perspectives on recurring themes the occupation of space, Book Blocs, police brutality, why knowledge for knowledge's sake matters, why EMA students need EMA, why the violence of state power is more shocking than a smashed TopShop window are compelling.
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The passage suggests that knowledge for knowledge's sake is "labor lost" and any attempt to understand without adequate knowledge is counterproductive and even dangerous!
Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D.: Back To School With Confucius Ph.D. Rodney L. Taylor 2011
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I had learned enough from the books to realise that I had only touched the hem of knowledge's garment.
Chapter 23 2010
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The passage suggests that knowledge for knowledge's sake is "labor lost" and any attempt to understand without adequate knowledge is counterproductive and even dangerous!
Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D.: Back To School With Confucius Ph.D. Rodney L. Taylor 2011
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For those of you interested in the acquisition of knowledge -- forget the degree; we're just talking about knowledge for knowledge's sake -- you've gotta click here, then click here.
Archive 2008-01-01 Andrew Beckner 2008
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For those of you interested in the acquisition of knowledge -- forget the degree; we're just talking about knowledge for knowledge's sake -- you've gotta click here, then click here.
MIT for free ... Andrew Beckner 2008
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It provides knowledge we need not just for knowledge's sake but for practical benefit (our continued efforts to understand and predict changes in our climate, for example, depend on careful studies of the Earth from space, not to mention studies of the Sun and the environments of Venus and Mars) and it inspires.
MIND MELD: Is Science Fiction Responsible for the Lack of Public Interest in Space Exploration? 2008
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