Creio ate que o coracao dela ensinou-me alguma coisa, embora novico, ou por isso mesmo. Nesta materia desaprende-se com o uso e o ignorante e que e douto.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- I think her heart taught me something, though inexperienced, and in this matter ignorance is unlearned through use, while the learned become ignorant.
- In plain terms
- Learning from love can be naive, and experience can make even the learned forget.
- What can you take from it?
- Experience can both teach and erase knowledge.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does love affect our learning process?
- When does expertise become a barrier?
Another view
The phrasing is ambiguous and hard to parse.
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