Adequate Knowledge Quotes

• Scientific modes of thought cannot be developed and become generally accepted unless people renounce their primary, unreflecting, and spontaneous attempt to understand all their experience in terms of its purpose and meaning for themselves. The development that led to more adequate knowledge and increasing control of nature was therefore, considered from one aspect, also a development toward greater self-control by men.

  Norbert Elias

  Knowledge, Science, Men

  Norbert Elias (1982). “The history of manners”, Random House Inc

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• In the world of securities, courage becomes the supreme virtue after adequate knowledge and a tested judgment are at hand.

  Benjamin Graham

  Hands, World, Judgment

  Benjamin Graham (1959). “The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel”

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• I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.

  James Dean

  Satanic, Adequate, Force

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• Education keeps the key of life; and liberal education insures the first conditions of freedom,--namely, adequate knowledge and accustomed thought.

  Julia Ward Howe

  Education, Keys, Firsts

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• A handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Real, Past, Thorough Understanding

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