“ Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth; it is like the golden cloud in which the Messiah went up into heaven. ”
Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo (1845). copy citation
| Author | Alexandre Dumas |
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| Source | The Count of Monte Cristo |
| Topic | truth philosophy science |
| Date | 1845 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1184/1184-h/1184-h.htm |
Context
“«Not their application, certainly, but their principles you may; to learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the other.»
«But cannot one learn philosophy?»
«Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth; it is like the golden cloud in which the Messiah went up into heaven.»
«Well, then,» said Dantès, «What shall you teach me first? I am in a hurry to begin. I want to learn.»
«Everything,» said the abbé. And that very evening the prisoners sketched a plan of education, to be entered upon the following day.” source
«But cannot one learn philosophy?»
«Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth; it is like the golden cloud in which the Messiah went up into heaven.»
«Well, then,» said Dantès, «What shall you teach me first? I am in a hurry to begin. I want to learn.»
«Everything,» said the abbé. And that very evening the prisoners sketched a plan of education, to be entered upon the following day.” source
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