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Emile, or On Education Quotes

The only thing we do not know is how to be ignorant of what we cannot know. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Emile, or On Education Quotes)

The only thing we do not know is how to be ignorant of what we cannot know.[La seule chose que nous ne savons point, est d’ignorer ce que nous ne pouvons savoir.]

Source:(Basic Books, ed. 1979), Book IV, Page 268
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Emile, or On Education Quotes)
  • Book: Emile, or On Education
  • Writer: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Genre: Philosophy
  • Published: 1762
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