In ignorance and in knowledge

[oursin]

A very telling quotation by Edith Hamilton posted here by cdpoint:
Greater knowledge does not mean greater certainty. Oftenest the very reverse is true. We are certain in proportion as we do not know. We seem, indeed, so made that intellectual certainty is not good for us. We grow arrogant, intolerant, unable to learn and to attain better grounds of

Comments

[hafren]

I can't see past that horrible coinage "oftenest". Eucch!!!!

[oursin]

'If you can keep your head while all around are losing theirs, maybe you just haven't grasped what's going on.'

[sollersuk]

That just about sums it up for me. I've spent decades adding to what I don't know about languages and archaeology.