Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed

Summary

This quote suggests that our understanding and acquisition of knowledge is not based solely on agreement with others, but rather on engaging with differing perspectives and opinions. It highlights the importance of diversity in thoughts, experiences, and beliefs in expanding our knowledge and fostering intellectual growth. By challenging and questioning existing ideas, we are able to gain a deeper understanding of various subjects and develop critical thinking skills. Therefore, it is through encountering and engaging in disagreements that we ultimately increase our collective understanding and add to our body of knowledge.

Topics

Knowledge

By Charles Caleb Colton

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

When enough insane people scream in harmony that they really

When enough insane people scream in harmony that they really are healthy, they can actually start to believe themselves. Or put even more simply: people with overlapping delusions get along wonderfully.

Truth Insanity Delusion

I became a journalist because I did not want to rely on news

I became a journalist because I did not want to rely on newspapers for information.

Christopher Hitchens

Information Journalism Newspapers Mainstream Media

A man as he ought to be: that sounds to us as insipid as a t

A man as he ought to be: that sounds to us as insipid as a tree as it ought to be.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Man Sound

The mind can calculate, but the spirit yearns, and the heart

The mind can calculate, but the spirit yearns, and the heart wants what the heart wants.

Love Heart Spirit

This may sound funny, but as much as the 'Today' show mature

This may sound funny, but as much as the 'Today' show matured me, it also was something of a cocoon. I'd been happy there. I never went into the boss's office and pounded my fist on the desk, saying, 'Give me more money! Give me a prime-time show!'

Funny

While the daimonic cannot be said to be evil in itself, it c

While the daimonic cannot be said to be evil in itself, it confronts us with the troublesome dilemma of whether it is to be used with awareness, a sense of responsibility and the significance of life, or blindly and rashly.

Life Daimonic

A popular government without popular information or the mean

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.

Government

Linux people do what they do because they hate Microsoft. We

Linux people do what they do because they hate Microsoft. We do what we do because we love Unix.

Adventures are all very well in their place, but there's a l

Adventures are all very well in their place, but there's a lot to be said for regular meals and freedom from pain.

Pain Adventures

He looked up and I realised how close we were, both of us le

He looked up and I realised how close we were, both of us leaning in together. I blinked a few times, suddenly light-headed, but not like before when I'd passed out. Being so close to the smooth dark skin of his face, getting lost in the shifting shades of his green eyes, it felt like my insides were fluttering and melting.

Heather Anastasiu

Beauty Love Falling In Love In Love Being In Love

Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, al

Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Life

The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no prefere

The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinion for or against. The struggle of what one likes and what one dislikes is the disease of the mind.

Wisdom Life Zen