2006-06-30 17:08:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I see we have a disciple of Ramana Maharshi here.
2006-07-01 06:14:34 · update #1
if we don't then we don't know it because we can't know it
2006-06-30 17:11:35 · answer #1 · answered by seashel88 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know.
—Bertrand Russell
Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil—not the strength to choose between the two.
—John Cheever
quoted in John Cheever: The Journals, 1956
Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse.
—African Proverb
Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.
—Kahlil Gibran
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
—Carl G. Jung
All men by nature desire to know.
—Aristotle
Metaphysics, 350 B.C.
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.
—Juvenal
2006-07-01 00:32:24 · answer #2 · answered by sparkalittlefire 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its either we know everything or we don't know anything. In this case, we don't since there are many things in the world that are unknown to everyone.
2006-07-01 01:11:54 · answer #3 · answered by :Anonymous: 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I KNOW that this is a really silly question. You knew how to turn on your computer and make your way into Yahoo to ask it didn't you?
2006-07-01 00:23:18 · answer #4 · answered by having_a_blonde_day_lol 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We know all kinds of stuff, but how useful is it in the grand scheme of things?
2006-07-01 00:12:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i read somewhere that all knowledge is knowing that we know nothing. have no idea what it means but it sounds cool.
2006-07-01 00:16:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the answer is yes, who/what is determining that? If no, who/what is determining that?
2006-07-01 07:42:05 · answer #7 · answered by aeneas09 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know.
Sometimes I wonder if everything is a lie...
2006-07-01 00:11:58 · answer #8 · answered by ♫ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tch! of course not! we don't even know if we really exist, how can we be sure we even KNOW anything?
2006-07-01 00:13:00 · answer #9 · answered by Alias400 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know....CAN you? I know that i might learn if i choose to.
2006-07-01 01:11:29 · answer #10 · answered by goddessntexas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
logically we cant but emotionally we can
2006-07-01 03:14:34 · answer #11 · answered by high_flyer1818 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋