YES! Miller is correct. Isn't it an exciting idea? The more we learn, the more we comprehend what was previously not understood and we can therefore solve innumerable problems.
What we newly discover we do not know is still knowledge, but increasing the horizon means we won't get to the end of our quest for comprehension. If we ever got to that point, it would not be because we learned everything--it would be because we no longer cared to go on learning.
That would be the fatal mistake that would doom our species to extinction. It is only the quest to (coincidentally) expand our horizon of ignorance that allows us to fill in the pot holes on the road of life.“In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance” (Henry Miller). Is this true?
And thats exactly what the catholic church is doing.
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Your statement is true in matters of man's development.
In our own personal life. From that of a baby until we are old and gray. This has been true. In history in many ways from physical, intellectual, and spiritual development this too has proven itself to be true. No matter what generation of man you are talking about this is true. It is equally true that no matter what part of man's knowledge has been expanded. There is still much more to learn and development simply by reviewing past accomplishments.
Your statement is true in matters of War.
It is a shame that in some things ignorance has shown that we reject the lessons learned in history, whereby a new generation of man must not relearn, but relive the ignorance of such a tragic outcome.
These are some examples I can think of. Later.
In a way yes you can. Knowledge could bring (in a since) power. And power can make you seem superior to everyone around you. In reality though you are not. I believe the right knowledge can make you aware of your ignorance before as well as other people's knowledge can make you aware of your own ignorance. Sorry I don't have an example.
There's a saying, ';If you go too fast, you'll miss out all the fun in between';
I presume that is what Sir Henry is talking about
In our unending pursuit of knowledge we jump start our life, run wild like a Mustang and miss out all the beauty of life, the love that was right in front of us, the joy that our near and dear ones experienced, the child-like innocent peace of mind. Once, we start ignoring all these things we became more and more unaware of what happen in our surrounding life's and that as a whole turn us out to a 'Completely Ignorant Fool'
Knowledge make us ignorant because we close our mind to just what we know and with more knowledge we think we are wright in an absolute way.
If you are really humble and have your mind open to everything, that is not gonna happened, we have to find a equilibrium in our lives and philosophy is a way.
The more we learn, the more we learn that there is still more that we don't know.
IN physics, it is a common understanding that virtually everything we think we understand could change in a heart beat (or less, say ';non-second';) with a new discovery which points in a different direction.
We also know that sometimes, despite a high probability factor, what looks like the most certain answer may not be.
IN medicine, how many times has a new med, after being on the market for sometime suddenly been found to do more harm then good?
How many manufactured products (like asbestos siding formerly used on houses, like the one I grew up in...) after years of use suddenly are found out to be very hazardous to your health?
Look at the Atom and Hydrogen bombs, at nuclear power...seemed really good at first....
Seems we too often rush rather than pause to ask if we should and by then it may be too late...oops!
Be well.
A leading scientist in the 1880's declared that all major things had been invented and there was nothing of importance left to invent.
In the years following that we created the automobile, the aeroplane, the telephone, radio and sadly the machine gun and atomic bomb.
Astronomers given new power with the Hubble telescope are finding new things in the Universe every day, oceanographers using the latest remote deep submersibles are discovering life several miles under the sea where no life was thought to exist, even the advances in personal computing in the last 20 years are quite incredible with a modern handheld scientific calculator having more memory than the onboard computers of the Apollo missions.
There is much to find out, our grandchildren and THEIR grandchildren will go out from our tiny corner of the Galaxy and discover things that we simply can't imagine - I envy them.
No.
In failing to notice our soul and its drive to learn, we increase the horizon. Knowledge is its own reward. Ignorance is bliss, but it's no picnic.
to know what we know, what we know, that we do not know, what we do not know... that is true knowledge
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