Apprenticeship suits the novice poet - academic study the novice philosopher.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Novice poets learn through practice. Novice philosophers learn through study.
- In plain terms
- Poets start with apprenticeship, philosophers with academic study.
- What can you take from it?
- Choose learning methods that fit your discipline.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you learn best?
- What path fits your goal?
Another view
Philosophers also need practical experience and poets need theory.
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