- NEW!
by pooponme on October 21st, 2009
fools and fanatics THINK they know everything, but they don't, and they don't even try to learn anything new
wise people know that they don't know everything, but are willing to learn
by Shemarq the Wamama on October 21st, 2009
Because the more you learn and the more you know, the more you know that you don't know.
by philosopher on October 21st, 2009
Intelligent people are aware they do not know everything.
by Mavericks just doin a flyby on October 21st, 2009
Ignorance is bliss.
by ALF - Gordon Shumway on October 21st, 2009
"You know something, when you know that you don't know."
by Anonymous on October 21st, 2009
i think it means that since the fools dont really think of what they are about to do they are certain. the wise are always taking precautions so they have doubts.
by josie III on October 21st, 2009
William Butler Yeats wrote what is arguably the greatest poem of the 20th century. The poem title is "The Second Coming". A key line in the poem is:
"The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity".
That is the same sentiment that you have noticed. The anti-enlightenement reached its zenith in the early 20th century. The movement destroyed classical epistimology, and asserted that logical certainty was an arbitrary social convention created to confuse and oppress the unmotivated and uneducated. Your quote is a slogan that describes this destructive social movement. It matters more than you might think. Check out current American politics to see how bad it can be.
by Adeptone on April 7th, 2010
Are they certain that they are full of doubts?
Are you in harmony ?
The tao says:He who is in harmony with truth
is like a newborn child.
What does it mean to be like a newborn child?
by shunyata on January 10th, 2011
| 3 people like this
Would you like to have no more fear and grief?
Well, you would have to let go of all attachments.
Do you think this is correct ?
by shunyata on January 14th, 2011
| 1 person likes this
Do you know you are a person of great treasures when you truly practice simplicity, patience, compassion ?
Are you enroute ?
by shunyata on December 31st, 2010
| 1 person likes this
You think you know others and can judge them?
"Judge not lest you be judged." (Christ)"He who knows himself is enlightened".(LaoTzu)
by shunyata on December 31st, 2010
| 1 person likes this
Do you agree that a person of conscience usually recognizes justice ?
by shunyata on January 2nd, 2011
| 2 people like this
You're reading What does this mean "the whole world is that of fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves but wiser people so full of doubts."
Your favorite Q&A site is on Facebook! Become a fan to connect with the ever-growing community of Answerbaggers, share your thoughts and find out what Answerbag's up to next!
Comments