The true method of knowledge is experiment.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- True knowledge comes from trying things out rather than just thinking about them.
- In plain terms
- Learn by doing experiments.
- What can you take from it?
- Action and testing are key to real understanding.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you test new ideas?
- What have you learned by doing?
Another view
It overlooks value of theory or reflection before action.
More from William Blake
There can be no Good Will. Will is always Evil; it is persecution to others or selfishness.
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