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Our problem, from the point of view of psychology and from the point of view of genetic epistemology, is to explain how the transition is made from a lower level of knowledge to a level that is judged to be higher. – Jean Piaget

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To express the same idea in still another way, I think that human knowledge is essentially active. – Jean Piaget

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In other words, knowledge of the external world begins with an immediate utilisation of things, whereas knowledge of self is stopped by this purely practical and utilitarian contact. – Jean Piaget

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I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mothers poor mental health. – Jean Piaget

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I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion. – Alexander the Great

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The accumulation of cultural capital – the acquisition of knowledge – is the key to social mobility. – Michael Gove

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As the body dieth when the soul departeth, so the soul of man dieth, when it hath not the knowledge of God. – John Jewel

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