Argument Quote by Roger Bacon

There are two modes of acquiring knowledge, namely by reasoning and experience. Reasoning draws a conclusion and makes us grant the conclusion, but does…

— Roger Bacon

Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it…

— Roger Bacon

“Believing is not the same as knowing. Believing is second-hand knowledge, whereas knowing is first-hand experience. When your action comes from a level of…

— Yogi Kanna

“Knowledge isn't truth. It's just mindless agreement. You agree with me, I agree with someone else - we all have knowledge. We haven't come…

— Terry Johnson

Knowledge and personality make doubt possible, but knowledge is also the cure of doubt; and when we get a full and adequate sense of…

— Thornton T. Munger

Don't imagine that you'll discover {the truth} by accumulating more knowledge. Knowledge creates doubt, and doubt makes you ravenous for more knowledge. You can't…

— Laozi

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of knowledge

— Abraham Joshua

“Knowledge as a past fact, as something dead and done with—knowledge by the time it gets into encyclopaedias and text-books—does consist of assertion, and…

— R. G. Collingwood

Doubt grows with knowledge.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Reasoning draws a conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain, unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience.

— Roger Bacon

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

— Vera Farmiga

The more knowledge, the clearer what the doubts are.

— Mason Cooley