Quote of Heraclitus of Ephesus - Much learning does not teach understanding....
Biography - Heraclitus of Ephesus:
Ancient Greek, pre-Socratic, Ionian philosopher was born at Ephesus.
Born: -544 - Died: -480
Period:
5th century BC
6th century BC
Place of birth: Turkey
Born: -544 - Died: -480
Period:
5th century BC
6th century BC
Place of birth: Turkey
Much learning does not teach understanding.
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Quotes for: to learn
What experience and history teach is this — that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it.
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Quotes for: to understand
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