Quote by Wilhelm Dilthey
To attempt this would be like seeing without eyes or directing the

To attempt this would be like seeing without eyes or directing the gaze of knowledge behind ones own eye. Modern science can acknowledge no other than this epistemological stand-point. – Wilhelm Dilthey

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Thus, in accordance with the spirit of the Historical School, knowledge of the principles of the human world falls within that world itself, and the human sciences form an independent system. – Wilhelm Dilthey

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The existence of inherent limits of experience in no way settles the question about the subordination of facts of the human world to our knowledge of matter. – Wilhelm Dilthey

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A knowledge of the forces that rule society, of the causes that have produced its upheavals, and of societys resources for promoting healthy progress has become of vital concern to our civilization. – Wilhelm Dilthey

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Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance. – Will Durant

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In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn. – Nathaniel Branden

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Now, my knowledge of photography was terribly limited. – Ben Shahn

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Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones. – Arthur Conan Doyle

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