Knowledge Quotes
From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.
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"In the pursuit of knowledge, we discover our truest selves."Law, John
"The pursuit of knowledge is the noblest of all human endeavors."Law, John
"Knowledge without virtue is merely sophisticated ignorance."Law, John
"Knowledge production is always a political act"Grosz, Elizabeth
"Language both enables and constrains what we can think"Grosz, Elizabeth
"Theory is a practice, not merely a representation of reality"Grosz, Elizabeth
"We don't obtain knowledge by standing outside the world; we are always already part of the world we're trying to understand."Barad, Karen
"The universe is intelligible, but intelligibility is not a property of the world alone."Barad, Karen
"We cannot know the world without being part of its knowing."Barad, Karen
"Medical facts are not simply given by nature; they are achieved through work."Mol, Annemarie
"To normalize something is not to describe nature, but to enact a particular form of life."Mol, Annemarie
"The question is not whether something is real, but how it comes to be real."Mol, Annemarie
"We live in a world of partial connections, not total explanations."Mol, Annemarie
"To know the world is to participate in its making, not to stand apart from it."Mol, Annemarie
"To know is to be implicated, to be part of what one knows."Mol, Annemarie
"Knowledge is power only when it is used with compassion."Ahmed, Sara
"Knowledge without wisdom is like power without compassion."Ahmed, Sara
"Situated knowledges are about responsibility and accountability, not objectivity from nowhere."Haraway, Donna
"Situated knowledge is an alternative to the view from nowhere that claims objectivity."Haraway, Donna
"We must learn to think with what I call 'propositions,' not propositions that assert truth."Haraway, Donna
"Knowledge is collective; it is built through networks of humans and non-humans."Callon, Michel
"Knowledge is never complete; it is always open to revision."Callon, Michel
"Knowledge grows in the spaces between different perspectives."Callon, Michel
"The body remembers what the mind forgets."Grosz, Elizabeth
"Thought itself is a form of movement and becoming."Grosz, Elizabeth
"Knowledge is always situated and perspectival rather than objective."Grosz, Elizabeth
"Knowledge without application is merely entertainment."Law, John
"To know oneself is the beginning of all wisdom."Law, John
"We must learn to think with our bodies, not just with our minds."Braidotti, Rosi
"Embodied knowledge is valid and valuable; we must honor multiple ways of knowing."Braidotti, Rosi