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#understanding

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A quotation from Montaigne

We readily inquire, “Does he know Greek or Latin?” “Can he write poetry and prose?” But what matters most is what we put last: “Has he become better and wiser?” We ought to find out not who understands most but who understands best. We work merely to fill the memory, leaving the understanding and the sense of right and wrong empty.
 
[Nous enquerons volontiers, Sçait-il du Grec ou du Latin ? escrit-il en vers ou en prose ? mais, s’il est devenu meilleur ou plus advisé, c’estoit le principal, & c’est ce qui demeure derriere. Il falloit s’enquerir qui est mieux sçavant, non qui est plus sçavant. Nous ne travaillons qu’à remplir la memoire, & laissons l’entendement & la conscience vuide.]

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
Essay (yyyy), “Of Pedantry[Du pedantisme] (1572-1578), Essays, Book 1, ch. 24 (1.24) (1595) [tr. Screech (1987), ch. 25]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

#motto #latin #linguistics #standupforsciences
of #Canada : A Mari Usque Ad Mare
of #Europe : In Varietate Concordia

Together: In Varietate Concordia A Mari Usque Ad Mare
🇨🇦 Harmony in diversity, from one ocean to the other
🇫🇷 Harmonie dans la diversité d'une rive à l'autre des océans

🇩🇪 Harmonie in der Vielfalt, von einem Ozean zum anderen
🇳🇱 Harmonie in verscheidenheid, van de ene oceaan tot de andere

🇵🇱 Harmonia w różnorodności, od jednego oceanu do drugiego
🇨🇿 Harmonie v rozmanitosti, od jednoho oceánu k druhému
🇸🇮 Harmonija v raznolikosti, od enega oceana do drugega

🇪🇸 Armonía en la diversidad, de un océano a otro
🇮🇹 Armonia nella diversità da un oceano all'altro
🇵🇹 Harmonia na diversidade de um oceano a outro
🇷🇴 Armonie în diversitate, de la un ocean la altul

🇬🇷 Αρμονία στη διαφορετικότητα, από τον έναν ωκεανό στον άλλο

🇩🇰 Harmoni i diversitet, fra hav til hav
🇸🇪 Harmoni i mångfald, från ett hav till ett annat
🇫🇮 Rauhan monimuotoisuudessa yhdestä valtamereltä toiseen

🇧🇬 Хармония в многообразието, от един океан до друг
🇺🇦 Гармонія у різноманітності від одного океану до іншого

#peace #unity #diversity

#siamotuttiantifascisti
#elbowsup !
#slavaukraini
#СлаваУкраїні !

#europe #canada #peace #unity #diversity #calm #serenity #understanding #communication #facts #values #dialogue #science

#motto #latin #linguistics #standupforsciences
of #Canada : A Mari Usque Ad Mare
of #Europe : In Varietate Concordia

Together: In Varietate Concordia A Mari Usque Ad Mare
🇨🇦 Harmony in diversity, from one ocean to the other
🇫🇷 Harmonie dans la diversité d'une rive à l'autre des océans

🇩🇪 Harmonie in der Vielfalt, von einem Ozean zum anderen
🇳🇱 Harmonie in verscheidenheid, van de ene oceaan tot de andere

🇵🇱 Harmonia w różnorodności, od jednego oceanu do drugiego
🇨🇿 Harmonie v rozmanitosti, od jednoho oceánu k druhému
🇸🇮 Harmonija v raznolikosti, od enega oceana do drugega

🇪🇸 Armonía en la diversidad, de un océano a otro
🇮🇹 Armonia nella diversità da un oceano all'altro
🇵🇹 Harmonia na diversidade de um oceano a outro
🇷🇴 Armonie în diversitate, de la un ocean la altul

🇬🇷 Αρμονία στη διαφορετικότητα, από τον έναν ωκεανό στον άλλο

🇩🇰 Harmoni i diversitet, fra hav til hav
🇸🇪 Harmoni i mångfald, från ett hav till ett annat
🇫🇮 Rauhan monimuotoisuudessa yhdestä valtamereltä toiseen

🇧🇬 Хармония в многообразието, от един океан до друг
🇺🇦 Гармонія у різноманітності від одного океану до іншого

#europe #canada #peace #unity #diversity

#siamotuttiantifascisti
#elbowsup !
#slavaukraini
#СлаваУкраїні !

#europe #canada #peace #unity #diversity #calm #serenity #understanding #communication #facts #values #dialogue #science

The word #knowledge originates from the Old English cnawan, meaning “to know, perceive, or recognize,” which itself derives from the Proto-Germanic root knew- and the Old High German gecnawan.

In Middle English, it evolved into forms like knowleche or cnawlece, combining the verb knowen (“to know”) with the suffix -leche.

By the late 14th century, knowledge came to signify “capacity for knowing or #understanding,” “familiarity,” and “awareness of #facts”.