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Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and

Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence. – Michael Polanyi

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The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith. – Michael Polanyi

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Faith
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Michael Polanyi
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I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies, to a noticeable extent on evoking knowledge that we cannot tell, and that all our knowledge of mental processes, like feelings or conscious intellectual activities, is based on a knowledge which we cannot tell. – Michael Polanyi

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communication
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Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? – Scott Adams

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Intelligence

It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming. – John Steinbeck

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Intelligence

I dont deny that there are problems in the intelligence world, but I would argue that in the UK we try to uphold the highest standards in the world. – William Hague

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Intelligence

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