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Quote by Karl Jaspers
Even scientific knowledge, if there is anything to it, is not a ra

Even scientific knowledge, if there is anything to it, is not a random observation of random objects for the critical objectivity of significant knowledge is attained as a practice only philosophically in inner action. – Karl Jaspers

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If philosophy is practice, a demand to know the manner in which its history is to be studied is entailed: a theoretical attitude toward it becomes real only in the living appropriation of its contents from the texts. – Karl Jaspers

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Attitude
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Karl Jaspers
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I began the study of medicine, impelled by a desire for knowledge of facts and of man. The resolution to do disciplined work tied me to both laboratory and clinic for a long time to come. – Karl Jaspers

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Knowledge
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Karl Jaspers
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A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage. – Bela Lugosi

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Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge. – John Charles Polanyi

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The library is seen as a force for self improvement and the pursuit of knowledge. I fear that in many cases this is no longer true, if it ever was. – John Redwood

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No wonder lasts over three days. – Proverb

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