Knowledge: 'The terrain of our knowledge is scattered with assumptions like precarious, narrow, towering-peaks and mysteries like abysmal rifts. And as is in nature, these mountains and valleys of enlightenment and ignorance are leveled with time.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Knowledge contains assumptions and mysteries. Over time, both enlightenment and ignorance are leveled.
- In plain terms
- Time smooths out the differences between what we know and what we assume.
- What can you take from it?
- Expect time to change your understanding.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you assume you know?
- How will time change this?
Another view
Some truths remain stable regardless of time.
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