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Will Durant on a Progressive Discovery of Our Own Ignorance

A Progressive Discovery of Our Own Ignorance

Will Durant — A Progressive Discovery of Our Own Ignorance

William James Durant (November 5, 1885–November 7, 1981) was an American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife, Ariel Durant, and published between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for The Story of Philosophy (1926), described as “a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy”.
—Wikipedia contributors, “Will Durant,” Wikipedia, (accessed June 3, 2016).

  • Image #21: “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”—William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats Quote
  • Image #22: “Where this age differs from those immediately preceding it is that a liberal intelligentsia is lacking. Bully-worship, under various disguises, has become a universal religion.”—George OrwellGeorge Orwell Quote
  • Image #23: “Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”—Dr. SeussDr. Seuss Quote
  • Image #24: “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”—AristotleAristotle Quote
  • Image #25: “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”—Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein Quote
  • Image #26: “Education is the movement from darkness to light.”—Allan BloomAllan Bloom Quote
  • Image #27: “It is always in season for old men to learn.”—AeschylusAeschylus Quote
  • Image #28: “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.”—John DeweyJohn Dewey Quote
  • Image #29: “Good questions outrank easy answers.”—Paul SamuelsonPaul Samuelson Quote
  • Image #30: “It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.”—Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein Quote
  • Image #31: “Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.”—Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein Quote
  • Image #32: “Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.”—B.F. SkinnerB.F. Skinner Quote
  • Image #33: “Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.”—Horace MannHorace Mann Quote
  • Image #34: “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.”—Martin Luther King, Jr.Martin Luther King, Jr. Quote
  • Image #35: “True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.”—Pauline PhillipsPauline Phillips Quote
  • Image #36: “What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.”—Joseph AddisonJoseph Addison Quote
  • Image #37: “Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”—Will DurantWill Durant Quote
  • Image #38: “He that loves reading has everything within his reach.”—William GodwinWilliam Godwin Quote
  • Image #39: “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.”—Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein Quote
  • Image #40: “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”—Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein Quote
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