From The Count
"'Alas, my child,' he said, 'human knowledge is very limited and when I have taught you mathematics, physics, history and the three or four modern languages that I speak, you will know everything that I know; and it will take scarcely two years to transfer all this knowledge from my mind to yours.'
'Two years!' said Dantes. 'Do you think I could learn all this in two years?'
'In their application, no; but the principles, yes. Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory, the second philosophy.'
'But can't one learn philosophy?'
'Philosophy cannot be taught. Philosophy is the union of all acquired knowledge and the genius that applies it: philosophy is the shining cloud upon which Christ set His foot to go up to heaven.'"
From The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas
'Two years!' said Dantes. 'Do you think I could learn all this in two years?'
'In their application, no; but the principles, yes. Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory, the second philosophy.'
'But can't one learn philosophy?'
'Philosophy cannot be taught. Philosophy is the union of all acquired knowledge and the genius that applies it: philosophy is the shining cloud upon which Christ set His foot to go up to heaven.'"
From The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas
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posted by AJV at 12:33 PM
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I think this is true. But that may only be because I am a philosophy major. I still think that philosophy is the foundation and origin of all the sciences, not a very popular opinion these days. Philosophy is seen as being soft, subjective and superfluous these days. It is soft (or I would prefer to say flexible, like wisdom in comparison to knowledge) and subjective (but I think everything is and objectivity is an illusion).
Philosophy may indeed be the handmaiden of theology, but only because faith is supreme to any sort of logic—it is always the foundation. Science on the other hand is the handmaiden of technology. Science is important because what it can get technology to do for us, how it can manipulate, classify and predict. Personally I think all of those three are overrated.
Philosophy is alive, it is wisdom more than knowledge. It is thinking more than knowing. I dare say it is experiencing more than remembering…
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