Quote by Matthew Simpson
If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and li

If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses how wide is that we gain from other sources. – Matthew Simpson

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Taking it in its wider and generic application, I understand faith to be the supplement of sense or, to change the phrase, all knowledge which comes not to us through our senses we gain by faith in others. – Matthew Simpson

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We know the past and its great events, the present in its multitudinous complications, chiefly through faith in the testimony of others. – Matthew Simpson

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Only the spoon knows what is stirring in the pot. – Sicilian Proverb

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When knowledge is limited – it leads to folly… When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation. – Abu Bakr

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It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize. – Aristotle

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I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge. – Mikhail Bakunin

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