“To express the same idea in still another way, I think that human knowledge is essentially active.”
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The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as the state of knowledge in the past has ever changed and, in many instances, more rapidly.
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.
I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother's poor mental health.
This means that no single logic is strong enough to support the total construction of human knowledge.
