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Literary notes about knowledge (AI summary)

In literature, "knowledge" is portrayed as a multifaceted concept that transcends mere information gathering to become a moral, philosophical, and practical ideal. Sacred texts, for instance, emphasize a quest for knowledge over acts of wickedness, suggesting that a righteous spirit is defined by its pursuit of wisdom [1, 2, 3]. At the same time, philosophical works examine the nature of knowledge by probing the differences between empirical understanding and innate wisdom, as seen in discourses on a priori and rational knowledge [4, 5, 6]. In narrative and reflective writings, knowledge is both a tool for personal growth and a marker of social distinction, capable of bestowing authority or even exposing human limitations [7, 8, 9, 10]. This diverse use of the term underscores its enduring role in literature as an essential element in the exploration of truth, morality, and the human condition [11, 12].
  1. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  2. But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  3. Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the instruction of fools is foolishness.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  4. His knowledge has not been drawn from reason; and although, objectively considered, it is rational knowledge, subjectively, it is merely historical.
    — from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
  5. Knowledge of this kind is called a priori, in contradistinction to empirical knowledge, which has its sources a posteriori, that is, in experience.
    — from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
  6. We know more about the aborigines of the world than formerly, but our increasing knowledge shows above all things how little we know.
    — from The Republic by Plato
  7. How can he remember well his ignorance—which his growth requires—who has so often to use his knowledge?
    — from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
  8. Every neighbourhood where he ever lived has declared that his distinction was due to his knowledge of its popular speech.
    — from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais
  9. “You don’t think the bank had any knowledge of his real name?
    — from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad
  10. Her intellect was nothing to boast of, and her literary knowledge very doubtful.
    — from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  11. (LLA 101) 1.75 ——: Plato’s Theory of Knowledge .
    — from The Enchiridion by Epictetus
  12. Still, I take a higher point of view, and have before me a more important object, namely, the progress of the knowledge of truth among the human race.
    — from Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer

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