Now there are four chief obstacles in grasping truth, which hinder every man, however learned, and scarcely allow anyone to win a clear title to learning, namely, submission to faulty and unworthy authority, influence of custom, popular prejudice, and concealment of our own ignorance accompanied by an ostentatious display of our knowledge. Roger Bacon
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This quote is from Aristotle who was an ancient Greek philosopher. He believed that the pursuit of knowledge was essential for a person’s happiness. Aristotle believed that knowledge could be obtained through experience, which he believed was the best way to learn. However, many people today are too quick to agree with Aristotle about the best way to learn something.

They tend to think that all that matters is that you know what you are talking about and then tell everyone else what you know. That’s not true. If Aristotle had lived in this modern era, he would have likely thought of all the other ways to learn about something instead of just listening to someone who knows something.

Source: The Opus Majus Of Roger Bacon

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