Every man Quote by Roger Bacon

There are in fact four very significant stumbling blocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely…

— Roger Bacon

There are in fact four very significant stumblingblocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely allow…

— Roger Bacon

There are four chief obstacles in grasping truth ... namely, submission to faulty and unworthy authority, influence of custom, popular prejudice, and the concealment…

— Roger Bacon

“What we should do, I suggest, is to give up the idea of ultimate sources of knowledge, and admit that all knowledge is human;…

— Karl R. Popper

“Let us not, in the pride of our superior knowledge, turn with contempt from the follies of our predecessors. The study of the errors…

— Charles MacKay

“By and large, the truth is not merely a fierce battle with ignorance and fallacy, but, first and foremost, a combat with our own…

— Erik Pevernagie

“We should not fear the fragility of truth, for it creates openness to correction, learning, and growth. It fosters empathy, making inquiry, curiosity, and…

— Erik Pevernagie

“Truth resists being projected into the realm of knowledge.”

— Walter Benjamin

“The truth, indeed, is out—but the ears to hear it and the minds to learn from it seem to have been atrophied by a…

— Murray Bookchin

“If we are caught by the obstacle of knowledge, even if truth comes knocking at our door, we will refuse to let it in.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

“A knowledge of the truth depends not so much upon strength of intellect as upon pureness of purpose, the simplicity of an earnest, dependent…

— Ellen G. White

The man of knowledge in our time is bowed down under a burden he never imagined he would ever have: the overproduction of truth…

— Ernest Becker