Knowledge Quotes

"Every text, every artifact is a window into the consciousness of its creators."

"To understand is to see the necessity in what might at first appear contingent."

"Meaning emerges through the hermeneutic circle of understanding and re-understanding."

"Understanding ourselves requires understanding the historical forces that have shaped us."

"The work of interpretation is never finished; each generation must begin anew."

"The meaning of any cultural phenomenon can only be grasped through understanding its historical development."

"We are always already situated within tradition; there is no escape from history."

"Meaning requires interpretation; facts become significant only within a framework of understanding."

"We cannot think of anything we cannot think of."

"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world."

"One cannot guess how a word functions. One has to look at its use and learn from that."

"Don't think, but look!"

"A name means something only in the context of a proposition."

"Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgement."

"All I know is what I have words for."

"The elementary sentence is the only kind of sentence that is completely analyzed."

"Objects contain the possibility of all situations."

"Man can only live by science."

"The human mind is capable of infinite improvement."

"Language is the foundation of all human knowledge."

"Society progresses through the accumulation of knowledge."

"The human mind is the greatest force for progress."

"The most important science is the science of the mind."

"To understand reality, we must bracket our assumptions and examine the essence of things as they appear to us."

"The lifeworld is the ground upon which all scientific investigation ultimately rests."

"The quest for absolute knowledge begins with the recognition of our finitude."

"Essence precedes the merely factual; it is the universal structure underlying all variations."

"To grasp an essence is to understand the invariant structure underlying all possible instances."

"The constitution of objects involves a synthesis that unifies diverse perspectives and phases."

"The genesis of meaning involves sedimentation through repetition and habituation."