Statements on the topic of knowledge. Aphorisms about knowledge

Quotes about cognition

A collection of quotes on the topic of knowledge.

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“You don’t have to go out the door, To know the essence of events, You don’t have to stare out of the window, To see the right path. Or you can travel halfway around the world, but still not find the desired answer. The sages advise us this approach to Poznan: Study everything, not trusting anyone, Judge others not by their clothes - by their minds, Achieve mutual understanding without edification.”

— Lao Tzu ancient Chinese philosopher -604

“People work to get money. Money is a means of achieving freedom. If money earned with pleasure allows you to fill your life with impressions and satisfy your passion for knowledge, life is good. If you work in such a way that you don’t see the white light, why are you working?”

— Evgeny Aleksandrovich Chichvarkin Russian millionaire, entrepreneur 1974

“Philosophy, insofar as it extends to everything accessible to human knowledge, alone distinguishes us from savages and barbarians, and each nation is the more civilized and educated the better it philosophizes; therefore, there is no greater benefit for the state than to have true philosophers.”

— René Descartes French philosopher, mathematician, mechanic, physicist and physiologist 1596 - 1650

“Just as Nature loves and protects all her creatures and helps everything that exists to grow and develop, so Aikido leads everyone who devotes himself to it along the path of knowing his truths, providing this opportunity with all his sincerity.”

— Morihei Ueshiba founder of modern aikido 1883 - 1969

“Knowing God without awareness of our weakness produces pride. The consciousness of our weakness without the knowledge of Jesus Christ leads to despair. But the knowledge of Jesus Christ protects us from both pride and despair, for in Him we gain both an awareness of our weakness and the only way to heal it.”

— Blaise Pascal French mathematician, physicist, writer and philosopher 1623 - 1662

“In vain, in the face of the catastrophes of the 20th century, many complain: “How did God allow it?”... Yes. He allowed: He allowed our freedom, but did not leave us in the darkness of ignorance. The path to knowledge of good and evil is indicated. And the man himself had to pay for choosing the wrong paths.”

— Albert Einstein theoretical physicist, one of the founders of modern theoretical physics, Nobel Prize laureate, public figure... 1879 - 1955

“...All of us, including those who think on duty, are often poor in thought; we too easily become thoughtless. Thoughtlessness is an ominous guest that you will meet everywhere in today’s world, because today the knowledge of everything and everyone is available so quickly and cheaply that in the next moment what is received is just as hastily forgotten.”

— Martin Heidegger German philosopher 1889 - 1976

Unified State Exam Essay

Explanation

The topic “Cognition” is one of the difficult ones, because it contains many concepts, often philosophical ones. This causes difficulty for students. And according to the criteria, the essay must contain terms correctly used by graduates. Therefore, I advise you to try to write more test essays on this topic, think about the arguments, and learn the basic definitions.

In this collection of quotes from famous people, I tried to offer you statements that would cover almost all the basic concepts of the topic: knowledge, forms of knowledge, absolute and relative truth, features of scientific knowledge and others. I think they will help you guys prepare well for the Unified State Exam.

Don't forget to remember a few words about the authors of the quotes. This will significantly increase your chances of getting more points.

Material prepared by: Melnikova Vera Aleksandrovna

Quotes about education, sayings of great people

1. I never teach my students. I’m just trying to provide them with conditions in which they can study. (Albert Einstein) (What if children don’t want to do their homework and go to school? In this case, there are good methods on how you can force a child to study, even if he is lazy).
2. Education is a period during which you are taught by someone you don't know about things you don't want to know. (Gilbert Chesterton)
3. A child who has received only school education is an uneducated child. (George Santayana)
4. Education is of much greater importance in the formation of character than heredity. (Erasmus of Rotterdam)
5. No country can develop unless its citizens are educated. (Nelson Mandela)
6. The purpose of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth. (John F. Kennedy)
7. Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is a prerequisite for progress in every society, in every family. (Kofi Annan)
8. Education reveals to the wise the vast boundaries of their knowledge, but hides them from the foolish. (Mark Twain) (By the way, what do you think, is higher education necessary in our time? Read all the pros and cons of it).
9. Educating the mind without enlightening the heart is no education at all. (Aristotle)
10. The purpose of education is to teach intensive and critical thinking. Intelligence plus character is the goal of true education. (Martin Luther King Jr.).

Science is a clear knowledge of the truth, the enlightenment of the mind, the immaculate joy of life, the praise of youth, the support of old age, the builder of cities, regiments, the fortress of success in misfortune, in happiness - an adornment, everywhere a faithful and constant companion. (Lomonosov Mikhail Vasilievich)

Kant Quotes

Prepared by: Dmitry Sirotkin

Compiled a selection of quotes from the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804).

As you know, it is located somewhere between the categorical imperative and the starry sky.

Quotes are summarized by topic: human manifestations, life ethics, women and men, people, education, error and enlightenment, life, thinking, morality, freedom, faith, politics, beauty, conscience, wisdom, about oneself, feelings and reason, time, philosophy, marriage, evil and evil people, duty, geniuses and greats, knowledge, work and rest, war, learning.

Quotes about Kant are also included.

About human manifestations

Humanity is the ability to participate in the fate of other people.

A person rarely thinks about darkness in the light, in happiness - about trouble, in contentment - about suffering, and, conversely, always thinks in darkness about light, in trouble - about happiness, in poverty - about prosperity.

From the very day when a person first says “I,” he puts forward his beloved self wherever necessary, and his egoism uncontrollably strives forward.

One, looking into a puddle, sees dirt in it, and the other sees stars reflected in it.

The ability to ask intelligent questions is a sign of intelligence and insight.

Respect is a tribute that we cannot refuse to merit, whether we like it or not; we may not manifest it, but internally we cannot help but feel it.

The beauty of an act lies, first of all, in the fact that it is performed easily and as if without any tension.

A person has a tendency to communicate with his own kind, because in this state he feels more like a human being, that is, he feels the development of his natural inclinations. But he also has a strong desire to be alone.

Politeness is the ornament of virtue.

A cheerful facial expression is gradually reflected in the inner world.

He who does not know how to restrain his imagination is a dreamer; whoever combines unbridled imagination with ideas of goodness is an enthusiast; He who has a disordered imagination is a dreamer.

We often blush because of the shamelessness of another who accuses us of something.

All that is called decency is nothing more than good looks.

The desire to gain the respect of others for something that does not constitute human dignity at all is vanity.

An arrogant person demands respect from others, which he, for his part, denies them.

Great ambition has long turned the prudent into madmen.

Determined courage displayed by a rogue is extremely dangerous.

Anyone who has not acquired cultural skills is rude.

Stubbornness has only the form of character, but not its content.

Stupidity is a fault and there is no cure for it.

He who fearfully worries about losing his life will never rejoice in it.

Cunning is the way of thinking of very limited people and is very different from the mind that it outwardly resembles.

About life ethics

Always treat a person as an end and never as a means.

Act in such a way that the maxim of your action could become the basis of universal legislation.

To make a smart choice, you must first know what you can do without.

He who gave up excesses got rid of deprivations.

The tendency towards convenience in man is worse than any other evil in life.

Sapere aude! -Have the courage to use your own mind.

Your statements must be such that you can agree with all the consequences arising from them.

To be refuted is nothing to fear; You should be afraid of something else - being misunderstood.

Do not accept benefits that you can do without.

The life of people devoted only to pleasure without reason and without morality has no value.

Can anyone who becomes a creeping worm complain that he has been crushed?

About women and men

A woman’s destiny is to rule, a man’s destiny is to reign, because passion rules and the mind rules.

There is nothing more offensive for a man than to call him a fool, for a woman to say that she is ugly.

Laughter is a man's thing, tears are a woman's thing.

A man is jealous when he loves; a woman - even when she doesn’t love, because fans won by other women disappear from the circle of her fans.

Women even make the male sex more sophisticated.

Women are very sympathetic, kind-hearted and compassionate; they prefer the beautiful to the useful.

A woman does not like to give herself away and therefore does not get drunk. She is weak and therefore cunning.

The one who first called women the fair sex perhaps wanted to say something flattering to them, but in fact he expressed something more.

A woman's wisdom is not philosophizing, but feeling.

By the way, quotes about women and quotes about men

About people

A person gives himself to himself.

Activity is our definition.

You can't cut anything straight out of a log as crooked as a person.

Autonomy is the basis of the dignity of man and every rational being.

In a series of goals, a person is an end in itself, that is, he can never be used as a means by anyone (even God).

It is no longer possible to ask about man, as a moral being, why he exists. His existence has within itself a higher purpose, to which, as far as it is in his power, he can subordinate all nature.

A person can become a person only through education. He is what his upbringing makes him.

People would run away from each other if they saw each other in complete frankness.

Give a person everything he desires, and at that very moment he will feel that this is not everything.

Take away hope and sleep from a person, and he will be the most miserable creature in the world.

By the way, quotes about people

About education

In education lies the great secret of improving human nature.

If someday a being of a higher order took over our education, then we would really see what can come out of a person.

Children should be raised not for the present, but for the future, perhaps a better state of the human race.

Education is an art, the application of which must be perfected over many generations.

If you punish a child for bad and reward for good, then he will do good for the sake of profit.

Punishments given in a fit of anger do not achieve their goal. In this case, children look at them as consequences, and at themselves as victims of another person’s irritation.

About error and enlightenment

Delusion is the subtle influence of sensuality on reason.

It is necessary to impart to the erring mind such knowledge as will enlighten it. Then the delusions will disappear by themselves.

Enlightenment is a person’s exit from the state of his minority, in which he finds himself through his own fault.

There are some misconceptions that cannot be refuted.

The death of dogma is the birth of reality.

About life

Two things always fill the soul with new and ever stronger surprise and awe, the more often and longer we reflect on them - this is the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.

If you ask the question whether we now live in an enlightened age, the answer will be: no, but we live in an enlightened age.

Love of life means love of truth.

People live the longest when they care least about prolonging their lives.

By the way, quotes about life

About thinking

Reason is the ability to see the connection between the general and the particular.

To think means to talk to oneself, to hear oneself.

Thinking is not fun, but a duty.

The human mind is created in such a way that it can imagine expediency only as the action of a rational will.

About morality

Ethics is a philosophy of good will, not just good action.

The meaning of the moral law is so extensive that it is valid not only for people, but for all rational beings in general.

Morality teaches not how to become happy, but how to become worthy of happiness

Morality must lie in character.

About freedom

The freedom to wave your arms ends at the tip of the other person's nose.

A person is free if he must obey not another person, but the law.

The more habits, the less freedom.

Free will and will subject to moral laws are one and the same thing.

By the way, quotes about freedom

About faith

In true faith, what is important is not to talk well about God, about the soul, about what was and what will be, but one thing is important: to know firmly what should and should not be done in this life.

The Kingdom of God will come to us only when church faith with miracles, sacraments and rituals is replaced by reasonable faith, without miracles, sacraments and rituals. The time is approaching. This faith is still in its infancy. But the embryo cannot help but grow.

The existence of the Bible is the greatest, highest blessing that mankind has ever experienced.

By its content, the Bible itself testifies to its Divine origin. It reveals to us in the greatness and fulfillment of the plan of salvation all the horror of our sinfulness, all the depth of our fall...

About politics

No state should forcibly interfere in the political structure and administration of another state.

No peace treaty should be considered such if the basis of a new war is secretly preserved when it is concluded.

Of all the forces subordinate to state power, the power of money is perhaps the most reliable, and therefore states will be forced (of course, not from moral motives) to promote a noble peace.

By the way, quotes about politics

About beauty

Beautiful is something that belongs solely to taste.

What is beautiful is what you like regardless of the meaning.

Beauty is a symbol of moral goodness.

About conscience

Conscience is the consciousness of the internal judgment seat in a person.

The law that lives in us is called conscience. Conscience is, in fact, the application of our actions to this law.

Urination is the only pleasure after which there is no remorse.

About wisdom

Science is organized knowledge, wisdom is organized life.

The wisest person is the one who is most annoyed by the loss of time.

A wise man can change his mind; fool - never.

By the way, quotes about wisdom

About Me

I feel all the thirst for knowledge, a restless desire drives me forward and forward, and every success in this field gives me joy.

I had to push aside knowledge to make room for faith.

The Bible is my most valuable treasure, without which I would be in a miserable position. All the books I have read have not given me the comfort that the Word of God gave in the Bible: “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me” (Ps. 23:4).

About feelings and reason

The understanding cannot contemplate anything, and the senses cannot think anything.

Poetry is a play of feelings into which reason introduces a system; eloquence is a matter of reason, which is enlivened by feeling.

Principles are not only a speculative rule, but also a conscious feeling.

About the time

The idea of ​​time does not arise from the senses, but is presupposed by them. For it is only by means of the idea of ​​time that one can imagine whether what affects the senses is simultaneous or successive; sequence does not give rise to the concept of time, but only points to it. The point is that I don’t understand what the word after means if it is not already preceded by the concept of time. After all, what happens one after another is what exists at different times, just as to exist together means to exist at the same time.

Time is nothing more than a form of inner feeling, i.e. contemplation of ourselves and our inner state. In fact, time cannot be a definition of external phenomena: it does not belong either to appearance, or to position, etc.; on the contrary, it determines the relation of representations in our internal state.

By the way, quotes about time

About philosophy

Philosophy can only be learned through exercise and the independent use of reason. A true philosopher, as an independent thinker, must use his reason freely and originally, and not slavishly and imitatively.

If there is a science that man really needs, it is philosophy, which teaches how to properly take a person’s assigned place in the world - and from which one can learn how to be in order to be a man.

About marriage

The one who gets married does well. He who does not marry acts wisely.

In married life, the married couple must form, as it were, a single moral personality.

It seems to me that every husband prefers a good dish without music to one without a good dish.

By the way, quotes about weddings and marriage

About evil and evil people

What we strive to resist is evil, and if we find our strength insufficient for this, it is an object of fear.

An evil person cannot be happy, because being left alone with himself, he remains alone with the villain.

By the way, quotes about evil

About debt

Duty is respect for the rights of others.

Duty! You are a sublime, great word. This is precisely the great thing that elevates a person above himself.

About geniuses and greats

Genius is the talent for inventing something that cannot be taught or learned.

Great people shine only from a distance, and the prince loses a lot in the eyes of his lackey. This happens because there are no great people.

About knowledge

Our knowledge begins with perception, passes into understanding, and ends with cause. There is nothing more important than the reason.

To see, you need to know. As we think, so we see, so we feel.

About work and rest

Work is the best way to enjoy life.

One of the undoubted and pure joys is rest after work.

By the way, quotes about work

About war

War is bad because it creates more evil people than it takes.

The spirit of trade, which sooner or later takes possession of every nation, is what is incompatible with war.

By the way, quotes about war

About training

It is not thoughts that need to be taught, but thinking.

The subjects that children are taught must be appropriate to their age, otherwise there is a danger that they will develop cleverness, fashion, and vanity.

About miscellaneous

Flowers are free beauty in nature.

Two human inventions can be considered the most difficult, namely: the art of managing and the art of educating.

Happiness is an ideal not of reason, but of imagination.

Humor is the talent to spontaneously put one in a good mood.

Suffering is a stimulus for our activity, and, above all, in it we feel our life; without it there would be a state of lifelessness.

Many people think that childhood was the best and most enjoyable time of their life. But that's not true. These are the most difficult years, because then a person is under the yoke of discipline and can rarely have a true friend, and even less often - freedom.

Character consists of the ability to act according to principles.

When justice disappears, there is nothing left that can add value to people's lives.

Deep loneliness is sublime, but it is somehow terrifying.

Every natural science contains as much truth as there are mathematicians.

Even if a lie does not harm anyone, it cannot be considered innocent.

Some books would be much clearer if they didn't try so hard to make them clear.

Those people whose lives have the most value are the least afraid of death.

As is usually the case with quotes from philosophers , one can only guess from them what ideas and concepts were decisive in their philosophical teaching.

Quotes about Kant

• F. Schiller: I am not at all frightened by the thought that the law of change, which spares neither human nor divine creations, like any other, will destroy the form of this (Kantian) philosophy; but its basis should not be afraid of this fate, for as long as the human race and reason exist, it will be recognized and acted in accordance with it.
• W. Humboldt: Kant perhaps undertook and carried out the greatest of the works that the philosophizing mind has ever owed to an individual... If one wants to appreciate the glory that Kant brought to his people and the benefit that he brought to speculative thinking, there is no doubt and Three things remain obvious: what he destroyed will never rise again, what he founded will never perish, and, most importantly, he carried out a reform the likes of which the general history of human thinking does not know.
• A. Schopenhauer: What conclusion did Voltaire, Hume and Kant finally come to? Because the world is a hospital for the incurable. (by the way, quotes from Arthur Schopenhauer)
• F. Nietzsche: Where did the rejoicing at the appearance of Kant come from, which gripped the entire German scientific world, consisting of three-quarters of the sons of pastors and teachers? Where does the Germans’ conviction, which still resonates to this day, come from, that with Kant a turn for the better began? The instinct of the theologian in the German scientist guessed that now a loophole to the old ideal had opened again: the concept of morality as the essence of the world (two of the worst misconceptions that exist!) - these two concepts, thanks to cunning skepticism, are, if not proven, then no longer refuted... Kant's success is only the success of a theologian. (by the way, quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche)
• V. Lenin: The main feature of Kant’s philosophy is the reconciliation of materialism with idealism, a compromise between one and the other, a combination in one system of heterogeneous, opposing philosophical trends. When Kant admits that our ideas correspond to something outside of us, some kind of thing in itself, then Kant is a materialist. When he declares this thing in itself unknowable, transcendental, otherworldly, Kant acts as an idealist. (by the way, quotes from Vladimir Lenin)
• S. Dali: My favorite mentor was Kant, from whom I understood absolutely nothing - and this filled me with pride and satisfaction. The man who wrote such important and useless books was nothing short of an angel! (by the way, quotes from Salvador Dali)

Next, you can move on to other collections of quotes:

• Goethe quotes
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• Descartes quotes
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