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What does it mean?
Education bought with money is considered worse than no education because it implies external motivation rather than genuine learning.
In plain terms
Buying education is worse than not learning at all.
What can you take from it?
Seek education for truth, not for price.

Where it applies

  • tuition choices
  • professional training
  • self study

Putting it to work

  • choose learning for its own sake
  • avoid pay to win credentials
  • study independently

Questions to consider

  • What motivates you to learn?
  • Does money affect the value of education?

Another view

Money often provides access to resources that enable real education.

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  3. There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.

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